RFID-Guided Heat Insulating Block Attachment Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of attaching heat insulating blocks to gas turbine components is inefficient due to the need for workers to manually confirm attachment positions from drawings, leading to increased time and effort during inspections and manufacturing.
Innovation Solution
A member attachment support system utilizing RFID tags on each heat insulating block to store attachment position information, which is read by a terminal device and displayed on a support image, allowing workers to efficiently attach the blocks to the correct positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If workers manually confirm attachment positions from drawings, then attachment accuracy is maintained, but work time and effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
An information processing terminal acts as an intermediary between the worker and the attachment position information. The terminal acquires identification information from RFID tags on heat insulating blocks, generates support images indicating attachment positions, and displays them to workers. This intermediary system eliminates the need for workers to manually search through drawings, significantly reducing time and effort while maintaining accurate attachment positioning.
2Ease of manufacture
If uniform heat insulating blocks are simply attached to casing surfaces, then attachment process is simplified, but effective coverage is reduced due to piping and uneven surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides customized attachment position information for each local area of the casing surface. The support image displays specific attachment positions tailored to local conditions such as piping locations and surface unevenness. Each heat insulating block's identification information contains area information and partition information that corresponds to its specific attachment location, ensuring precise coverage adaptation to local casing characteristics.
3Ease of repair
If heat insulating blocks are temporarily removed for inspection, then inspection access is improved, but reattachment time and effort increase due to position search
Solution Approach 1:
The RFID tags on heat insulating blocks store identification information including attachment position data in advance. When blocks are removed for inspection, this information remains intact on the blocks themselves. Upon reattachment, workers simply need to read the identification information from the blocks using the information processing terminal, which then generates and displays the corresponding attachment positions. This preliminary storage of position information eliminates the need to search through drawings during reattachment, significantly reducing reattachment time.
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AI summary
A member attachment support system is for supporting work of attaching a plurality of members to a device. The member attachment support system includes: an identification information storage unit provided for each of the plurality of members and configured to store identification information associated with an attachment position of each of the plurality of members; a terminal device configured to acquire the identification information from the identification information storage unit; and a display device configured to display a support image that indicates the attachment position corresponding to the identification information acquired by the terminal device.