Authors
Chau-Chung Song1, 2, *, Chun-Chi Wang3, Geng-Yi Lin1, Chung-Wen Hung4
1Department of Aeronautical Engineering, National Formosa University, Huwei, Yulin, Taiwan
2Smart Machine and Intelligent Manufacturing Research Center, Nation Formosa University, Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan
3Graduate Institute of Aeronautical and Electronic Technology, National Formosa University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
4Department of Electrical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C.
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
Corresponding Author
Chau-Chung Song
Received 13 November 2020, Accepted 23 March 2021, Available Online 23 July 2021.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.k.210713.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Aerospace precision manufacturing; EtherCAT; SCADA; intelligent production line
Abstract
In this paper, the networking integration application of an intelligent production line is studied and developed for aerospace precision manufacturing. The technical development of the performance equalization and control for EDM machine is also introduced with the related technologies of the machine network and Ethernet for Control Automation Technology (EtherCAT) network. In addition, the development of intelligent production lines is integrated to improve the system stability and production efficiency of production line systems for aerospace component manufacturing. The key technologies of Cyber-Physical System (CPS) and intelligent networking are also integrated to construct the real-time intelligent system monitoring system [Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)] for data record and management. The key technologies of the drilling process are developed for intelligent diagnosis and drilling holes inspection of related production processes. The integrated robot arm is responsible for the loading and unloading of the material, and the entire production line is connected by the EtherCAT network. The automatic optical inspection is introduced at the rear end of the production line to realize the quality judgment of the finished product. Furthermore, the virtual cloud network and the intelligent factory are achieved with the information collection and intelligent monitoring system.
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).