[ Technical Papers ]

Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers - Vol. 30, No. 2, pp.162-167

ISSN: 2508-5107 (Online)

Print publication date 15 Apr 2021

Received 23 Dec 2020 Revised 25 Jan 2021 Accepted 16 Mar 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7735/ksmte.2021.30.2.162

원격운용통제탄 볼 자동공급 및 정렬 시스템 개발

권정은^a ; 이철희^a^{, *}

Development of Automatic Ball Feeder and Alignment System for Remote-Controlled Munition System

Jung-Eun Kwon^a ; Chul-Hee Lee^a^{, *}

aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University

Correspondence to: ^*Tel.: +82-32-860-7311 E-mail address: chulhee@inha.ac.kr (Chul-Hee Lee).

Abstract

A remote-controlled munition system is produced by injection molding, and the entire manufacturing process consists of manual assembly. Thus, it is highly dependent on worker proficiency, which can lead to low productivity and inhomogeneity. Automating this manual assembly process would improve the overall productivity and achieve product uniformity; however, there are technical and economic limitations in applying automated systems to the entire process. Thus, the aim of this work is to formulate a partial automation system for production processes with excessive workforce and to reestablish the concept. This study focuses on developing a partial automation process and the automatic supply and alignment of balls, and the performance of the device is analyzed experimentally. It is verified that the ball supply and alignment processes are improved, as well as the production capacity and uniformity.

Keywords:

Partial automation, Parts feeder, Automatic alignment, Remote controlled munition system

Acknowledgments

이 연구는 2020년도 정부(산업통상자원부)의 재원으로 한국산업기술진흥원의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(P0012769, 2020년 산업혁신인재성장지원사업)

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Jung-Eun Kwon

Graduate Student of the Graduate School of Engineering, Inha University.Her research interest is Injection Molding.

E-mail: ban_hwi@naver.com

Chul-Hee Lee

Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University.His research interest is Mechanical Engineering.

E-mail: chulhee@inha.ac.kr