Robot-based deburring of aerospace parts moves closer
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Robot-based deburring is an area of development targeted by AMRC Manufacturing (AML), with the organisation involved in developing the technology within the European COMET project (<a href="http://www.machinery.co.uk/41921" target="new">www.machinery.co.uk/41921</a>)
AML is a commercial spin-out company from the AMRC, University of Sheffield, and is developing a robot-based cell that sees an ABB IRB6640/205 robot, mounted on a fixed base, utilising an Ibag HF80-S40 spindle capable of 47,000 rpm mounted on a static base.
The cell has a DropsA VIP4TOOLS mist lubrication system and employs the Delcam Robot Interface software for programming.
Further development in the cell over the coming months will see kinematic and dynamic models of the robot and an adaptive tracking system implemented – the COMET project is developing this area of technology. These will allow the cell to deliver the tolerances required for the aerospace components AML intends to deburr.
AML has two demonstrator test pieces for deburring, one representative disk component, plus a feature-based test tag. The disk and tag have been designed to represent typical features including dimensions and tolerances.
