阅读说明：本技术 一种基于移动机器人的复杂零部件装配线可重构方法 (Complex part assembly line reconfigurable method based on mobile robot ) 是由 陶波 肖枫 曹志宏 赵兴炜 于 2021-09-16 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明属于生产调度相关技术领域,并公开了一种基于移动机器人的复杂零部件装配线可重构方法。该方法包括下列步骤：S1将生产线划分为多个生产单元,包括装配机器人单元、物料运输单元、物料供给单元和装配平台单元；S2将每类待加工零件的加工方式划分为单体、并行和串行,确定每类待加工零件的每种加工方式对应的总加工成本,其中,每种加工方式对应的总加工成本根据每个生产单元的加工成本进行计算；S3根据每类待加工零件的加工数量,确定加工每类待加工零件的总加工成本,选取加工成本最低时对应的加工方式作为最终的加工方式,以此实现装配线的重构。通过本发明,解决产品类型更换带来的生产线改造繁琐和成本高的问题。(The invention belongs to the technical field related to production scheduling and discloses a reconfigurable method of a complex part assembly line based on a mobile robot. The method comprises the following steps: s1, dividing the production line into a plurality of production units, including an assembly robot unit, a material transportation unit, a material supply unit and an assembly platform unit; s2, dividing the processing modes of each type of parts to be processed into monomer, parallel and serial modes, and determining the total processing cost corresponding to each processing mode of each type of parts to be processed, wherein the total processing cost corresponding to each processing mode is calculated according to the processing cost of each production unit; s3, determining the total processing cost for processing each type of parts to be processed according to the processing quantity of each type of parts to be processed, and selecting the corresponding processing mode with the lowest processing cost as the final processing mode to realize the reconfiguration of the assembly line. By the method and the device, the problems of complicated production line modification and high cost caused by product type replacement are solved.)

1. A reconfigurable method of a complex part assembly line based on a mobile robot is characterized by comprising the following steps:

s1, dividing a production line for preparing various parts into a plurality of production units, wherein each production unit comprises an assembly robot unit, a material transportation unit, a material supply unit and an assembly platform unit;

s2, dividing the processing modes of each type of parts to be processed into a single mode, a parallel mode and a serial mode, and determining the total processing cost corresponding to each processing mode of each type of parts to be processed, wherein the total processing cost corresponding to each processing mode is calculated according to the processing cost of each production unit;

s3, determining the total processing cost for processing each type of parts to be processed according to the processing quantity of each type of parts to be processed, and selecting the corresponding processing mode with the lowest processing cost as the final processing mode to realize the reconfiguration of the assembly line.

2. The reconfigurable method for the assembly line of complex parts based on mobile robots as claimed in claim 1, wherein in step S2, the single machine is a single machine which can perform all the processes of the whole part to be processed independently, and the parallel operation is a parallel operation of a plurality of machines, wherein each machine can perform all the processes of the whole part to be processed independently, and the series operation is a cooperation of a plurality of machines to perform all the processes of the part to be processed.

3. The complex parts assembly line reconfigurable method based on mobile robot as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the total processing cost includes economic cost and time cost in step S2.

4. The method for reconfiguring the complex parts assembly line based on the mobile robot as claimed in claim 3, wherein the economic cost comprises a machine cost, an additional cost and an assembly cost, wherein the machine cost is an economic cost of electric energy consumed by the assembly robot unit, the material transportation unit, the material supply unit and the assembly platform unit caused in the reconfiguration production line, the additional cost is an economic cost of additional wait formation caused by mutual interference influence due to position seeking reconfiguration of each production unit in the reconfiguration process, and the assembly cost is an economic cost consumed when assembling single parts.

5. A mobile robot-based complex parts assembly line reconfigurable method according to claim 3, wherein the time cost is the time consumed to assemble each part.

6. The method for reconfiguring the complex component assembly line based on the mobile robot as claimed in claim 3, wherein the economic cost further includes the economic cost consumed by a replacement program and a supporting facility, and the economic cost consumed by the replacement program and the supporting facility refers to the economic cost of the replacement program and the supporting facility generated when switching between different parts in the same production line.

7. The complex parts assembly line reconfigurable method based on mobile robot as claimed in claim 3, wherein in step S3, the economic cost and the time cost each include two terms of cost factor and cost coefficient, and the economic cost and the time cost are obtained by multiplying the two terms.

8. The complex parts assembly line reconfigurable method based on mobile robot as claimed in claim 7, wherein in step S3, the total processing cost is calculated according to the following expression:

total process cost ═ α economic cost + (1- α) time cost

Where α is the weight of the economic cost.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field related to production scheduling, and particularly relates to a complex part assembly line reconfigurable method based on a mobile robot.

Background

In recent years, with the rapid development of robot technology, industrial robots are increasingly applied to the field of machining, manufacturing and assembling due to the characteristics of automation, intellectualization, high flexibility and the like.

At present, robot automatic assembly production lines are increasingly applied to various industries, and robot production lines corresponding to specific product assembly are often fixed, in the assembly, the procedures executed by a robot are fixed, the robot can not be well adapted to assembly and processing tasks of different scales, and the robot automatic assembly production lines have poor flexibility for new product assembly; at present, the product is updated quickly, the production tasks of multiple varieties and small batches in the market are more prominent, and the change of the product assembly process is a common matter; to accommodate this, the production line needs to be changed appropriately, and each modification will result in a higher cost. Therefore, there is a need to provide a low cost assembly line reconfiguration method that can accommodate product type changes and retrofit production lines.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects or improvement requirements in the prior art, the invention provides a reconfigurable method of a complex part assembly line based on a mobile robot, which solves the problems of complicated production line modification and high cost caused by product type replacement.

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reconfigurable method of a complex parts assembly line based on a mobile robot, the method including the steps of:

s1, dividing a production line for preparing various parts into a plurality of production units, wherein each production unit comprises an assembly robot unit, a material transportation unit, a material supply unit and an assembly platform unit;

s2, dividing the processing modes of each type of parts to be processed into a single mode, a parallel mode and a serial mode, and determining the total processing cost corresponding to each processing mode of each type of parts to be processed, wherein the total processing cost corresponding to each processing mode is calculated according to the processing cost of each production unit;

s3, determining the total processing cost for processing each type of parts to be processed according to the processing quantity of each type of parts to be processed, and selecting the corresponding processing mode with the lowest processing cost as the final processing mode to realize the reconfiguration of the assembly line.

Further preferably, in step S2, the single machine is a single machine that performs all the processes of the whole part to be processed independently, the parallel machine is a parallel machine in which each machine performs all the processes of the whole part to be processed independently, and the series machine is a series machine in which multiple machines cooperate together to perform all the processes of the part to be processed.

Further preferably, in step S2, the total processing cost includes an economic cost and a time cost.

Further preferably, the economic cost includes a machine cost, an additional cost and an assembly cost, wherein the machine cost is an economic cost of electric energy consumed by the assembly robot unit, the material transportation unit, the material supply unit and the assembly platform unit caused in the reconstruction production line, the additional cost is an economic cost caused by additional waiting caused by mutual interference influence due to position seeking recombination of each production unit in the reconstruction process, and the assembly cost is an economic cost consumed when assembling single parts.

Further preferably, the time cost is time consumed for assembling each part.

Further preferably, the economic cost also includes the economic cost consumed by the replacement program and the supporting facility, and the consumed economic cost refers to the economic cost of the replacement program and the supporting facility generated when switching between different parts in the same production line.

Further preferably, in step S3, the economic cost and the time cost each include two terms, namely a cost factor and a cost coefficient, and are each obtained by multiplying the two terms.

Further preferably, in step S3, the total processing cost is calculated according to the following expression:

total process cost ═ α economic cost + (1- α) time cost

Where α is the weight of the economic cost.

Generally, compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. according to the invention, the production line is firstly divided into a plurality of units, then the processing mode of each type of parts is divided into a plurality of modes, finally the total processing cost of each type of parts is obtained according to the processing quantity of each type of parts, the total processing cost comprises economic cost and time cost, the part cost is measured from the aspects of economy and time, and finally the optimal processing scheme with short economic construction period is obtained, so that the optimal processing scheme is economic as much as possible and unnecessary equipment idle waiting is reduced on the premise of meeting the requirement of the construction period during assembly, and further, the robot automatic assembly is more flexible and has higher flexibility;

2. according to the invention, a fixed assembly production line formed by the original robot is unitized, and after an assembly order is obtained, the assembly line can be recombined according to the actual order requirements, so that on one hand, for the conditions of single variety, small batch and long construction period, production line recombination can be carried out by using less equipment as much as possible on the premise of meeting the construction period requirements, so that a single robot can complete multiple assembly processes, the idle machine time is reduced, the energy consumption is reduced, and the purpose of green production is achieved; on the other hand, when the reconfigurable assembly production line is used for the production of multiple varieties in small batches, the effectiveness of equipment can be fully exerted, two production lines are formed for simultaneous assembly, the assembly benefit is improved, and the reconfigurable assembly production line is adopted, so that the assembly task can be completed more flexibly, the flexibility is strong, the economy and the economy are realized, and the environment is protected.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of a complex part assembly line reconfigurable method based on mobile robots, constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the construction of a single piece process-down wiring constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a parallel process assembly line constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a serial process mode assembly line constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the total tooling costs for a part for different tooling styles constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. In addition, the technical features involved in the embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

As shown in fig. 1, a flow chart of a reconfigurable method of a complex part automatic assembly line based on a mobile robot includes the following steps:

s1, fixing automation assembly production line modularization

The former fixed production line of this example is the automatic fixed assembly production line of robot of two kinds of different model batteries of complicacy, through the analysis, modularizes its function, divide into following several units: the assembling robot comprises an assembling robot unit, a material transporting unit, a material supplying unit and an assembling platform unit. Wherein, the fixed material storehouse still adopts fixed the placing with last unloading robot, and all the other modules set up to movable, and the collocation has vision location and vision servo device.

S2, dividing the processing modes of each type of parts to be processed into a single mode, a parallel mode and a serial mode, and determining the total processing cost corresponding to each processing mode of each type of parts to be processed, wherein the total processing cost corresponding to each processing mode is calculated according to the processing cost of each production unit;

the total cost includes economic and time costs. The economic cost comprises machine cost, extra cost and assembly cost, wherein the machine cost is the economic cost of electric energy consumed by the assembly robot unit, the material transportation unit, the material supply unit and the assembly platform unit, which are caused in the reconstruction production line, the extra cost is the economic cost of extra waiting formation caused by mutual interference influence due to the position seeking recombination of all the production units in the reconstruction process, and the assembly cost is the economic cost consumed when a single part is assembled. The economic cost also comprises the economic cost consumed by the replacement program and the supporting facilities, and the economic cost consumed by the replacement program and the supporting facilities refers to the economic cost of the replacement program and the supporting facilities generated when different parts are switched in the same production line. The time cost is the time consumed to assemble each part.

As shown in fig. 2, the single processing mode is composed of a fixed material warehouse, a finished product storage place, two loading and unloading fixed robots, two assembly and transportation trolleys, a movable assembly platform, an assembly execution movable robot and a complete tool warehouse. The single assembly refers to an assembly process in which only a single assembly execution robot is matched with a tool library to complete assembly work of all processes at a single station, so that a finished product is obtained.

As shown in fig. 3, the parallel processing mode is composed of a fixed material warehouse, a finished product storage place, two loading and unloading fixed robots, four assembly transportation trolleys, two movable assembly platforms, two assembly execution movable robots and two complete tool warehouses. Parallel assembly refers to an assembly process in which two or more assembly lines are simultaneously assembled, and each assembly line is individually assembled to obtain a finished product.

As shown in fig. 4, the serial processing mode is composed of a fixed material warehouse, a finished product storage place, two loading and unloading fixed robots, three assembly transportation trolleys, two movable assembly platforms, two assembly execution movable robots and two complete tool warehouses. The serial assembly refers to an assembly process in which a plurality of assembly robot units are matched with respective complete tool libraries to complete a certain part of assembly of parts at different stations in a single assembly line, so that finished products are obtained.

The proportions of the various costs respectively required for the assembly of the known A, B product in the different cases are as follows:

A₁₁、A₁₂、A₁₃、B₁₁、B₁₂、B₁₃: the coefficients of the cost of the machine for the A, B product during assembly tasks in a single, parallel and serial manner are shown.

A₂₁、A₂₂、A₂₃、B₂₁、B₂₂、B₂₃: the additional cost factor of the A, B product in the single, parallel and serial assembly task.

A₃₁、A₃₂、A₃₃、B₃₁、B₃₂、B₃₃: respectively, is the economic cost coefficient of the assembly of single parts of the A, B product when the assembly tasks are carried out in a single body, parallel and serial mode.

A₃₁、A₃₂、A₃₃、B₃₁、B₃₂、B₃₃: respectively, the time cost coefficient of the assembly of single parts of the A, B product when the assembly task is carried out in a single body, parallel and serial mode.

a: cost factor of machine

c additional cost factor

d₁、d₂: products A, B respectivelyCost factor of formulation

b₁、b₂: time cost factors for A, B products respectively

S3, determining the total processing cost for processing each type of parts to be processed according to the processing quantity of each type of parts to be processed, and selecting the corresponding processing mode with the lowest processing cost as the final processing mode to realize the reconfiguration of the assembly line.

The economic and time costs to be spent are given by α: the total cost is calculated by the weight of (1-alpha), and in order to select an appropriate production line configuration mode, the total cost of three cases needs to be calculated, and the case with the minimum cost needs to be selected. In the above table, assuming that the numbers of a and B in the order are x and y, respectively, the total cost is calculated by the following function:

monomer (b):

C1＝α(A₁₁a+A₃₁d₁x+A₂₁c+A₅₁e+B₃₁d₂y)+(1-α)(A₄₁b₁x+B₄₁b₂y)

in parallel:

C2＝α(A₁₂a+A₃₂d₁x+A₂₂c+A₅₂e+B₃₂d₂y)+(1-α)(A₄₂b₁x+B₄₂b₂y)

and (2) in series:

C3＝α(A₁₃a+A₃₃d₁x+A₂₃c+A₅₃e+B₃₃d₂y)+(1-α)(A₄₃b₁x+B₄₃b₂y)

by comparing the sizes of C1, C2, C3, the simplex, parallel and serial assembly modes were selected according to the minimum principle.

The invention is further illustrated by the following specific examples.

(1) Determination of the experimental conditions

According to the modularization in 1, the embodiment provides 5 mobile assembly execution robot units, 10 material transport trolleys, 5 complete tool libraries, one fixed material library, one loading and unloading robot and 5 assembling platforms with position changing machines.

(2) Order analysis

Analyzing the order, and under the experimental condition, obtaining approximate parameters according to the actual condition:

A₁₁＝1,A₁₂＝2,A₁₃＝2.5,A₂₁＝2,A₂₂＝4,A₂₃＝6,A₃₁＝4,A₃₂＝7,A₃₃＝8,A₄₁＝10,A₄₂＝5,A₄₃＝3,A₅₁＝1,A₅₂＝2,A₅₃＝4；

B₁₁＝1,B₁₂＝2,B₁₃＝2.5,B₂₁＝2,B₂₂＝4,B₂₃＝6,B₃₁＝4,B₃₂＝6,B₃₃＝7,B₄₁＝10,B₄₂＝5,B₄₃＝3.5,B₅₁＝10,B₅₂＝5,B₅₃＝3.5；

a＝200；b₁＝1；c＝100；d₁＝1；e＝100；b₂＝1.2；d₂＝1.5；

combining (1) and (2), the following table can be obtained:

(3) process division

It is necessary to fully consider the consistency of the process, and the total assembly time of the assembly process to be completed by different execution units, including the preparation time of changing the clamp and the workpiece state, should be as close as possible, so as to minimize the idle time of the machine. The single robot and the parallel robot are all responsible for the whole set of process assembly, and the serial robot needs process division.

(4) Assembly line assembly

And according to the set production line division and process distribution, each module is positioned to a designated position, so that the assembly line finishes autonomous recombination and workpiece assembly is carried out. As shown in fig. 5, different assembly methods that should be adopted when different A, B product order quantities are calculated are used as the optimal assembly.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the invention, and that any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.