Development of Automatic Ball Feeder and Alignment System for Remote-Controlled Munition System
Jung-Eun Kwon, Chul-Hee Lee · Journal of the korean society of manufacturing technology engineers · 2021
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.