The project involves the use of a collaborative industrial robot to perform the positioning of a vibration sensor on mechanical components (eg gear reducers) during the final production verification phase. The vibration sensor signal is then acquired and analyzed by means of state-of-the-art diagnosis algorithms, allowing to identify workpiece defects even of minimal entity (dents, pitting, etc.) and not manually detectable by the operators of the production plant.
The developed robotic system allows:
i) reduce the human operator load during production monitoring, diagnosis and quality control;
ii) reduce vibration sensor positioning times, allowing its use for testing every single produced part;
iii) ensure the repeatability of the measure;
iv) perform rapid and effective quality control, aimed at achieving zero-defect production.