Automation in production system and an application in welding process
Süleyman ERSÖZ Ahmet Kürşad TÜRKER Adnan AKTEPE Melda Kokoç M. Emre Tuğlu
AbstractDeveloping technology and changing processes in recent years have forced companies to reconsider their business policies. Companies have also been coerced to develop appropriate strategies to identify targets that are proper for evolving conditions and to achieve these targets. The most important factors that distinguish today's companies from their competitors are; To be able to adapt to changing conditions and to respond to customer requests with flexible organization structure. Due to the changing production and consumption conditions, importance of mechanization and automation in production sector has increased. Many companies have begun to give more place to automation systems in production line. One of the basic elements of automation systems is robotic systems. With these systems, operations that require susceptibility or power are performed quickly and accurately. System developed in this study offers innovative solutions compared to systems produced in automation sector in terms of being compatible with different products. Proposed system enables the welding of boiler manufacturing, where standard measurements are difficult to achieve on a individual basis, and / or welding of different products in a similar structure, can be done automatically without human touching. In addition, this system prevents workers from being exposed to the gas, light and flame they are exposed to during the welding process.