Intervention Manager
Intervention Manager is a decision-making system collecting data from the worker-factory digital twin to take decisions and activate interventions to optimise the production system.
Despite the promise of easy-to-program cobots and fast ramp-ups, SMEs like I-TEK, which typically have to deal with huge variability of demand and consequently production of small lots, still struggle with their adoption. Time is over for pilot implementations that may solve specific problems but have no potential for replicability. SMEs need smart packages and methodologies to easily and autonomously implement and manage new collaborative installations that cope with their continuous production changes.
BRILLIANT pursues two main objectives towards autonomous uptake of collaborative solutions by SMEs:
BRILLIANT implements a flexible and collaborative work cell in the Ideal-Tek SA’s tweezers production system, mainly involving the welding, moulding and polishing operations. The solution targets a reduction of the 30% of the cycle time and 20% of the scraps, thanks to the repeatability of the cobot and higher control of the work cell.
The SPS Lab is in charge of the analysis of the current manual work cell, the design of collaborative work cell, the installation and programming of the cobot and other automation systems and the integration of Intervention Manager, a work cell orchestrator and decision-making system.
The SPS Lab brings in BRILLIANT the following competences:
Universal robot programming, polishing, welding and finishing machines refurbishment.
RoboDK simulation, CAD, jigs design.
Human-robot interaction, safety, worker well-being.
Collaborative robotics, in contrast with traditional auomation and robotics, brings many pros, including lower costs, possibility to collaborate with workers, higher flexibility, no need for relevant programming skills.
Start a project with usIntervention Manager is a decision-making system collecting data from the worker-factory digital twin to take decisions and activate interventions to optimise the production system.
Mini-factory, developed and installed at the SPS Lab and based on the Industry 4.0 paradigm, is test-bed for piloting and teaching activities with local companies on digitised and customised production.
To get more information about the project and the activity of the SPS Lab, write to donatella.corti@supsi.ch or to andrea.bettoni@supsi.ch.