Objective data acquisition as the basis of digitization in manual assembly systems
Martin Sudhoff, Stefan Leineweber, Matthias Linsinger, Jan Felix Niemeyer, Bernd Kuhlenkötter
Abstract
In contrast to automated machines, manual assembly still lacks real-time process monitoring, concepts for short-term control and the possibility to quickly adapt the assembly systems setup. This paper describes different approaches which consider objective data acquisition for real time monitoring of manual assembly systems. In order to create a pre-selection of suitable approaches, a concept for the generation of digitalization recommendations for the production environment is used. The basis for this concept is a detailed, actual depiction of the considered production environment. The concept was applied to the manual assembly system of the LPS. The recommended approaches were implemented and evaluated in a pilot application.