Design and Development Automation System for MCCB Assembly Line

Abstract

The use of robots have become very essential in the manufacturing industries, it can accomplish repetitive and complex tasks quiet easily and also allows automation of the same. With the technological advancement, robotics has become more precise and accurate. The purpose of this project is to develop automatic testing setup and Pick and Place robotic system (Cartesian Robot) with various actuators, control system, and drives. Two axis fixtures have designed by combining static and dynamic requirements of motion. As a part of this work it is found out that design and selection of components is required for better performance and accuracy. Man power requirement is reduced to one person from two person for same work with lower cycle time. Automatic testing setup used to test MCCB contact pressure has been designed and fabricated. PLC Programming has been carried out using LX Soft software. For human Machine interface, program has been developed using LabVIEW software. It is observed that total MCCB testing time have been reduced by 50%. Man power requirement is also reduced by one person.