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#310 Know-how on automation: How to incorporate new technologies into automation devices

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October13, 2017

In the midst of adverse market conditions, the products manufactured by using automation devices are required to support large variety of products and to have higher quality and performance, while being available for lower price. To accommodate such needs, the automation devices must also meet the higher performance requirements - Quality, Cost, and Delivery.However, when developing an advanced automation device, there are many cases where technologically opposite qualities are required.This volume explains how to proceed with the development of automation devices successfully.

(1)What to do in the planning stage of developing an automation device

・When developing a new automation device, there are opposite specification details to be achieved.For example, to develop a device that is large and meets the high-speed and high-precision requirements, these features are difficult to realize as they contradict one another.

・When a device becomes large, the driving distance becomes longer. Therefore, it is difficult to realize the assembly accuracy. In addition, the increased device weight makes the high-speed design and the acceleration speed control difficult.If you make the device high-speed, the deformation force caused by factors such as the moment of inertia will make the high-precision design difficult to realize.

・When developing an automation device requiring new technologies, it is important to consider how to develop the machine in the planning phase and define how to realize the opposite specifications.

・In this case example, the large and high-speed design was achieved by using the improved technology, which is an improvised version of the existing technology. To resolve the contradiction that occurs by incorporating the high-precision design, an innovative technology was adopted in the development process.

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Case examples:

・This case is about the development of an automation device that uses a laser to sublime and eliminate the fine straight lines of an organic thin film, which is generally produced by etching.

・In the etching process, a fine straight-line pattern is formed by a high-precision mask. For the machine to be developed, it is necessary to realize the drive table that is large yet fast and accurate.

・Adopting this automation device can transform the production environment to cleaner and more compact one since the huge production line including the chemical management process is no longer needed.

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