Companies have continually larger problems with deciding to automate a certain process or not. There are many processess that support decision making. One of the key insights is the cycle time we can achieve with an automatized process. Computer simulation can help us predict that time.
In this thesis we defined the processed to be automated, split it into several tasks and stations that belong to each task. We developed a simulation in which we tested the cycle time of the robot, confirmed the construction of the cell, placed the robots in the enviorment and applied load to the robots. The simulation contains two robots Stäubli TS2-60 and was programmed in Stäubli Robotics Suite 2022. While developing the simulation we noticed that the robot bases were too low. We informed the constructer of the cell, which helped us avoid many issues with launching the cell into operation. In the simulation, we removed collisions between robots and other shortcomings. The required cycle time was 14 seconds and our simulation achieved an average cycle time of 11,39 seconds. The simulation achieved a time that was less than the maximum viable cycle time, therfore the construction and launch of the cell we simulated was confirmed. The simulation served as a good foundation for further programing of the cell.
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