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In-process monitoring in electrical machine manufacturing: A review of state of the art and future directions
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Tiwari, Divya Farnsworth, Michael Zhang, Ze Jewell, Geraint W. Tiwari, Ashutosh |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Abstract | Manual operations feature prominently in the manufacture of many electrical machines. Even though high-volume electrical machine manufacture is dominated by automation, several manufacturing operations continue to involve manual intervention because of the complexity of such operations makes them heavily reliant on high dexterity manual skills and experience. However, quality can be variable due to human involvement. Currently, in order to maintain a high precision of control and required tolerances of the final machine, inspection is performed at various steps during manufacturing and assembly. Detecting a defect at these end-of-line tests can result in significant wasted time and costs due to rework or scrappage. The solution to this problem lies in in-process monitoring particularly for error prone manual operations. This paper presents a literature review of the state-of-the-art available techniques and limitations in process monitoring within the context of electrical machine manufacturing. To quantify the degree of manual activities in process monitoring within electrical machine manufacture, a structured survey of UK based companies was conducted, identifying specific error prone manual processes to target, and gaps in inspection. The survey identified that a significant proportion of activities in electrical machine manufacture are manual, or semi-automated with manual interventions. However, literature review revealed only a limited research in in-process monitoring of manual operations in this area. Finally, two case studies are presented where case study 1 presents a framework for digitisation of a variety of manual manufacturing tasks, and case study 2 demonstrates real-time capture, modelling and analysis of deformable linear objects in electrical machine manufacturing. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09544054211016675?download=true |
| Starting Page | 2035 |
| Ending Page | 2051 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| ISSN | 09544054 |
| Issue Number | 13 |
| Volume Number | 235 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture (PIB) |
| e-ISSN | 20412975 |
| DOI | 10.1177/09544054211016675 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2021-05-12 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © IMechE 2021 |
| Subject Keyword | manufacturing electrical machines Digitisation process monitoring |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering |