Electrical Component Assembly Using Structured Coordinate Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for automated assembly of electrical components lack specific technical features and rely on incomplete, unstructured data, making automated assembly and contacting inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A method where a control facility of an assembly facility is provided with detailed information about each component's electrical connections and handling locations, including position, orientation, and type, allowing for conversion into a machine coordinate system for precise gripping, assembly, and electrical connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated assembly of electrical components is attempted using prior art methods, then assembly can be performed, but the process is inefficient due to incomplete and unstructured data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by creating and storing structured component data models before the assembly process begins. The data model includes all necessary information about electrical connections, handling locations, positions, and orientations, which is prepared in advance and made available to the control facility to enable efficient automated assembly without information gaps during execution
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual data entry and unstructured information handling with an automated digital data model system. The structured data model serves as a digital substitute for physical component documentation, allowing the control facility to automatically access and process component information without manual intervention, thereby improving assembly efficiency while ensuring data completeness
2Manufacturing precision
If detailed information about electrical connections and handling locations is provided for each component, then automated assembly precision is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing component information into distinct structured data elements within the data model. Each electrical connection and handling location is represented as a separate entity with specific attributes (position, orientation, type), allowing the control facility to process only the relevant segment of data needed for each specific assembly operation, thereby maintaining precision while managing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal data model structure that can represent various types of electrical connections and handling locations using a common framework. This multi-functional data structure allows the same data model to handle different component types and connection methods, reducing the need for specialized processing logic for each case and thereby simplifying data processing while maintaining assembly precision
3Reliability
If manual data entry is used for unstructured information, then data can be stored in databases, but the process is time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual data entry operations with automated data extraction and population of the structured data model. The control facility automatically accesses component information and populates the data model fields, eliminating manual typing and copying operations that are time-consuming and error-prone, thereby improving data accuracy while reducing data preparation time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the data model population process to be self-service, where the system automatically retrieves and structures component information without requiring manual intervention. The control facility independently extracts necessary data from available sources and populates the structured model, making the data preparation process autonomous, faster, and more reliable
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AI summary
An automated assembly and contacting of electrical components are disclosed. Before a fed component is gripped, a control device of a mounting device for mounting and contacting electrical components is provided with information associated with the component comprising, in relation to a component coordinate system of the component, the position, orientation and a relevant length of electrical connections of the component, and the position and type of handling of the handling locations of the component. A position and an orientation of the component in relation to a machine coordinate system are known to the control device. Using the position and the orientation of the component in the machine coordinate system, the control device converts the positions and orientations defined by the information associated with the component into the machine coordinate system and takes the positions and orientations into account when gripping and assembling the component.