Deployment of Industrial Robotic Turbocharger Manipulator into the Production Process – Construction of a Crate Feeder Workstation

Miroslav Blatnicky; Jan Dizo; Alyona  Lovska; Ivana  Domaniková; Patrik  Slušňák

doi:10.55343/CogSust.20526

Miroslav Blatnicky
Jan Dizo Department of Transport and Handling Machines, University of Žilina Žilina, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9433-392X
Alyona Lovska Department of Transport and Handling Machines, University of Žilina Žilina, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8604-1764
Ivana Domaniková Department of Transport and Handling Machines, University of Žilina Žilina, Slovak Republic
Patrik Slušňák Department of Transport and Handling Machines, University of Žilina Žilina, Slovak Republic

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55343/CogSust.20526

Keywords: motion, turbocharger, automation, robotic workplace, structural design

Abstract

An industrial enterprise can remain competitive only if its production process is continually made more efficient. An analysis of operators' workload in a real-world operation involving balancing turbochargers for internal combustion engines has shown that cyclically repetitive and strenuous human work can be optimised through automated processes. For this reason, there is room for applied research, resulting in the machine's ability to reproduce only the necessary manipulation activities required in the turbocharger balancing process. Therefore, the proposed automatic line includes balancing machines to determine the amount and location of unbalanced masses on the turbocharger rotor. Following the overall resolution of the issue, a significant increase in the efficiency of a technologically feasible workplace, adapted to the needs of modern industry, is expected.

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