Purpose: The subject of the research and investigation is a new ceramic foundry composite based on a spherical form of aluminium oxide. It is intended to limit the occurrence of technological problems related to the appropriate selection of auxiliary refractory materials, such as cracking, high heat capacity and variable coefficient of thermal expansion. Design/methodology/approach: A composite ceramic material with the spherical form of aluminium oxide included allows to reduce mass and stabilize characteristics of dimensional changes as a function of temperature in auxiliary panels in high-temperature firing processes with typical manufacturing process of the ceramics, which is gravity casting, drying and high-temperature firing. Findings: The study showed that the quantitative share of the spherical form of Al2O3 in the volume of ceramic material has a major impact on its properties. An increased share of spheres translates into greater material porosity and lower matrix density but also, by reducing the cross-section, into decreased strength properties. In the case of the developed ceramic material, there is no visible trend of a decrease in the coefficient of thermal expansion with increasing temperature, which is the case with traditional ceramic materials. Research limitations/implications: The strength of presented composite isn’t good and constitutes a further direction of research and development of the material. Practical implications: Although decreased strength properties, the composite with no visible trend of a decrease in the coefficient of thermal expansion with increasing temperature could be used as panels in high-temperature firing processes. Originality/value: New ceramic foundry composite based on a spherical form of aluminium oxide for auxiliary panels in high temperature processes.
Artykuł prezentuje zagadnienie tworzenia wirtualnego systemu produkcyjnego i jego symulację. Na podstawie istniejącego gniazda do tłoczenia blach stworzono jego komputerowy model oraz wykonano symulację z wykorzystaniem aplikacji ABB Robot Studio. Rzeczywisty proces produkcyjny został znacząco zautomatyzowany przez wprowadzenie robotów przemysłowych. Symulacja pracy gniazda pozwoliła na wykrycie i wyeliminowanie występujących kolizji elementów systemu oraz umożliwiła zadaniowe programowanie robotów. Przeprowadzone eksperymenty pozwalają stwierdzić, że wykorzystana aplikacja Robot Studio jest efektywnym narzędziem do projektowania i symulacji zautomatyzowanych systemów produkcyjnych, w których podstawową rolę pełnią roboty przemysłowe.
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The paper presents an approach to modeling of virtual production systems and their simulation. Based on the real working press forming cell a virtual model of this production system was built and simulated using ABB Robot Studio application. The existing production process was significantly automated by industrial robots which were introduced to the system. During the work simulation of the production system the task programming procedure of the robots and the collision faults detecting were applied. Thus the correction of the cell layout was available. The carried out experiments indicate as a conclusion that the Robot Studio application is an efficient tool for creating and simulating of automated production systems.
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