In modern industry, innovation by automating processes provides companies with competitive advantages in speed, efficiency, and production value. This Major Qualifying Project studied the potential of a robotic, palletizing arm to help Pacific Can Company Ltd. replace their manpower-driven operation of moving and stacking unpainted and painted blocks of scrap metal. Focus areas of the project included work area design, block distinction, alarm systemization, as well as robotic arm and end of arm tool selection.

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Creator

• Alblaihess, Mohamad Ahmad

Colaboradores

• Guo, Zhaoyu
• Wang, Yuan
• Lu, Xiaoxiao
• Cai, Kaihua
• Huang, Zheng
• Cao, Yaming

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-090515-060534

Advisor

• Liang, Jianyu
• Zeng, Amy Z.

Year

• 2015

Center

• Beijing, China Project Center - MQP

Sponsor

• Pacific Can, Beijing

Date created

• 2015-09-05

Localização

• Beijing

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Industrial Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright