Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Surface finishing applications are still cumbersome manual tasks, therefore, robotization of the process is of great interest as it allows for automation and increased versatility. However, finishing processes are difficult to automate, mainly because of the variation in material removal. In particular, the variables involved undergo changes that modify the material removal rate. This paper proposes a methodology for modeling material removal automatically based on experimental data. The procedure consists of monitoring the material removed from the parts under study that are in an automated precision measuring system during the finishing process. Based on the experimental models, a control algorithm for continuous material removal is presented. It guarantees a homogeneous surface finish by varying the robot feed rate. Finally, the results of several experimental material removal models under different process conditions and the validation of the proposed control algorithm are presented. The results show that the proposed method achieves a substantial improvement in the homogeneity of the finish.
Source: DYNA
DOI: 10.52152/d11125
Institutions: Ideko (Spain), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: Gobierno de Navarra, Eurostars
Awards: G6996827836, G8931890203
OpenAlex ID: W4402138107