{"id":823,"date":"2022-12-01T10:10:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T09:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluejournal.schunk.com\/de\/?p=823"},"modified":"2024-08-15T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T11:47:38","slug":"on-the-road-with-the-mobile-future-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluejournal.schunk.com\/en\/02-22\/on-the-road-with-the-mobile-future-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"On the road with the mobile future plat\u00adform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The archi\u00adtec\u00adture and construc\u00adtion indus\u00adtries are respon\u00adsible for constructing all living spaces. In Germany alone, 400,000 new resi\u00adden\u00adtial units and asso\u00adci\u00adated commer\u00adcial and public build\u00adings are expected to be built each year, but only half of this demand can currently be met. Mean\u00adwhile, the construc\u00adtion sector itself is facing serious chal\u00adlenges: produc\u00adtivity has been stag\u00adnating for years, the consump\u00adtion of resources and energy in construc\u00adtion is consid\u00ader\u00adable, the volume of waste is substan\u00adtial, and the cost of mate\u00adrials and raw mate\u00adrials is rising rapidly. Automa\u00adtion can provide solu\u00adtions here. SCHUNK is actively shaping this process \u2013 among other things, with robot quick-change systems.<\/cite><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project team (from left to right): Benjamin Kaiser, Univer\u00adsity of Stuttgart, Matthias Buck, Managing Director BEC, Dr. Felix Amts\u00adberg, Univer\u00adsity of Stuttgart, J\u00fcrgen Kolbus, Key Account Manage\u00adment, SCHUNK and Gunther Kopp, Key Account Manage\u00adment Grip\u00adping Systems, SCHUNK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Digital fabri\u00adca\u00adtion media become design para\u00adme\u00adters in civil engi\u00adneering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, the Univer\u00adsity of Stuttgart estab\u00adlished the new Cluster of Excel\u00adlence \u201cInte\u00adgra\u00adtive Compu\u00adta\u00adtional Design and Construc\u00adtion for Archi\u00adtec\u00adture\u201d (IntCDC), which aims to harness the poten\u00adtial of digital tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies for design, manu\u00adfac\u00adturing and construc\u00adtion in the building industry. \u201cOur approach is to share digital fabri\u00adca\u00adtion media, such as CNC machines and robotics, as creative design tools. We incor\u00adpo\u00adrate them as para\u00adme\u00adters for archi\u00adtec\u00adtural design right from the start,\u201d says Dr. Felix Amts\u00adberg, coor\u00addi\u00adnator of the wood plat\u00adform at IntCDC at the Univer\u00adsity of Stuttgart. As a trained carpenter and studied archi\u00adtect, he combines aspects of prac\u00adtical crafts\u00adman\u00adship with the constraints of design, tech\u00adnology and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSCHUNK\u2018s exper\u00adtise in automa\u00adtion, robotics and handling is very impor\u00adtant for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthias Buck, Managing Director BEC<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Flex\u00adible manu\u00adfac\u00adturing solu\u00adtions in construc\u00adtion with SCHUNK compo\u00adnents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Together with the system inte\u00adgrator BEC, a mobile, robot-based produc\u00adtion plat\u00adform was recently devel\u00adoped that handles, processes and assem\u00adbles wooden compo\u00adnents as required. \u201cWe get to turn ideas from science into actual systems,\u201d explains BEC Managing Director Matthias Buck. \u201cTo do this, we use suit\u00adable tech\u00adnical compo\u00adnents and modules that meet all require\u00adments in all direc\u00adtions \u2013 they must be reli\u00adable, flex\u00adible and future-proof.\u201d The core of the research package was a robotic system that is sent in full as a mobile factory to a timber construc\u00adtion company, a work\u00adshop or a construc\u00adtion site. \u201cOnce there, the system can support the work as needed \u2013 for example, chip\u00adping, assem\u00adbling, glue-binding, gluing or nailing larger wooden parts on site,\u201d says Matthias Buck. \u201cThe heart of the system is the SCHUNK quick-change system SWS\u2011L that enables the robot to auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcally pick up and put down any end effec\u00adtors, for example grip\u00adpers, saws or milling heads. We relied on these SCHUNK compo\u00adnents because we wanted to take advan\u00adtage of the bus tech\u00adnology used in the inter\u00adchange\u00adable system to keep wiring to a minimum,\u201d Buck said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In focus: perfor\u00admance, flex\u00adi\u00adbility and future viability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The plant is designed to keep all options open for maximum future viability. \u201cWe initially want to use the system to solidly and reli\u00adably imple\u00adment the current project and also realize new projects in the future.\u201d The robot, a Kuka KR420\/R3330 with a payload of 420 kilo\u00adgrams, travels on a BEC linear axis, the seventh robot axis, which is perma\u00adnently inte\u00adgrated into the container plat\u00adform. The change system SWS\u2011L from SCHUNK, which can hold up to 1,300 kilo\u00adgrams, is the robust inter\u00adface to the tool. The SWS\u2011L perfor\u00admance is partic\u00adu\u00adlarly impor\u00adtant for milling work where large forces are involved. \u201cSpecif\u00adi\u00adcally, the change system has a milling spindle and several large-area grip\u00adpers with a vacuum system that can handle and feed larger wooden compo\u00adnents,\u201d says Dr. Felix Amts\u00adberg. \u201cHowever, other work processes can also be inte\u00adgrated, because the tools can be exchanged as required via the adapter.\u201d And it doesn\u2018t have to be wood \u2013 the system can also be used in other trades.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the future, the plant will be used as a mobile factory in construc\u00adtion loca\u00adtions where it is needed.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The complete range of SCHUNK quick-change systems consists of 20 sizes for payloads from one to 1,350 kilo\u00adgrams and covers a wide range of appli\u00adca\u00adtions.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The exper\u00adtise of automa\u00adtion expert SCHUNK is in demand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The cluster\u2018s method\u00adolog\u00adical and inter\u00addis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary find\u00adings should lead to wider use of digital tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies and help over\u00adcome chal\u00adlenges in the skilled trades and construc\u00adtion industry. For example, it is possible to visu\u00adalize the readi\u00adness of compo\u00adnents during the plan\u00adning phase. Mate\u00adrial-specific robotic construc\u00adtion processes can signif\u00adi\u00adcantly influ\u00adence new forms of human-machine collab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion. \u201cSCHUNK\u2018s exper\u00adtise in automa\u00adtion, robotics and handling is very impor\u00adtant for us,\u201d Matthias Buck confirms. And he continues: \u201cThanks to their flex\u00adi\u00adbility, we use quick-change systems and other compo\u00adnents from SCHUNK in various projects. The tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adical connec\u00adtion between the Univer\u00adsity of Stuttgart, BEC and SCHUNK had existed for quite a while. We are very satis\u00adfied with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quick-change systems SWS and SWS\u2011L<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The SCHUNK quick-change system SWS\u2011L is the heart of the system that enables the robot to auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcally pick up and put down any end effec\u00adtors, for example grip\u00adpers, saws or milling heads. The quick-change system (SWS) consists of a quick-change master (SWK) and a quick-change adapter (SWA). The SWK mounted on the robot couples the SWA mounted on the tool. A pneu\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcally driven locking piston with its patented design, ensures a secure connec\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Quick-change adapter SWA.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The change system SWS\u2011L can hold up to 1,300 kilo\u00adgrams.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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