Project Details
Projekt
Flexible, automated production of ceramic short fiber composite components (FlexFiber)
Subject Area
Automation, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Intelligent Technical Systems, Robotics
Term
since 2023
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Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 518255159
In order to enable intuitive on-line robot programming for fiber spray processes, a robot programming system is required which is characterized by its flexibility in programming for the use in small and medium-sized companies. This can be achieved by using editable playback robot programming. In this research project, the editable playback robot programming is applied to a continuous process for the first time in order to enable the robot-supported production of small batches. Thus, a domain expert should be able to operate the robot system without prior programming knowledge, so that he can quickly program a robot path and the associated control of peripheral devices required for a given task. Fundamental extensions are also to be used to investigate possibilities for optimizing robot programs and their applicability within the editable playback robot programming. The fiber spraying process of oxide fiber composites serves as a practical application example, as this material places particularly high demands on the impregnation of fiber bundles and their preservation, for which the fiber spraying process and its automation are particularly suitable. The planned intuitive programming is to be tested as an example on this little-researched composite material, which has great potential for the high temperature application (combustion technology, metallurgy, heat treatment). If successful, the interdisciplinary cooperation between applied computer science and materials engineering provides the framework for the process engineering and materials research of a new class of materials for high-temperature lightweight construction.
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