2008 COMPETITION PROJECT LIST
Project 1: High speed packing
This project is related to a developement that is believed will revolutionise the
packaging industry. It will involve the development and implementation of high speed
packaging devices.
Length: Whole year
Location: QLD, Brisbane
Number of Students Required: 1
Number of places still available: 0
Project 2: Robot case packing & palletising
TBA
Length: First Semester
Location: SA, Adelaide
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 0
Project 3: Automatic placement of spare wheel
Review the feasibility of implementing a robotic solution for the placement of the
spare wheel in the rear of the motor vehicle whilst on a moving conveyor. Project will
involve some contact time at company location.
Length: Whole year
Location: VIC, Melbourne
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 0
Project 4: Automatic sign application
Investigate the automatic (robotic?) application of signage to the sides of stacks of
building boards (eg plaster board, fibre cement boards, plywood panels, etc).
Currently it is done by an operator with different coloured spray cans of paint,
applying the signage (logo, brand name, board type and dimensions, etc.) to the sides
of the stack using a sheet metal mask. Project will involve some contact time at the
company location.
Length: Whole year
Location: NSW, Sydney
Number of Students Required: 2-3
Number of places still available: 0
Project 5: Mail sorting room automation
The project is a direct feasibility study into the automation of a mail sorting process.
Automation is currently used to take printed magazines, insert leaflets into certain
pages, wrap the magazine in plastic and print with an address. The magazines are then
manually sorted into postcode groups, packaged and palletised. The project will
involve looking into the automation of the sorting, packing and palletising of this
process. It will require investigation into vision systems and robotics for a possible
solution.
Length: Whole year
Location: VIC, Melbourne (Tullamarine)
Number of Students Required: 4 (2 groups of 2 students). Each group will work
individually on the project.
Number of places still available: 0
Project 6: Furniture automation
The project will involve completing a direct feasibility study into the use of robotics
and automation equipment to assist in the production of wooden furniture. There are
currently a number of manual processes involved that are thought can be automated to
improve production. More specifically, the project will involve looking at using
robotics to attach draw runners to sets of draws and to shape the legs of furniture, as
well as to assist in the transfer of materials from one process to the next.
Length: Whole year
Location: VIC, Melbourne (Tullamarine)
Number of Students Required: 4 (2 groups of 2 students). Each group will work
individually on the project.
Number of places still available: 2
Project 7: Robot Linishing & Polishing Project
This project will involve completing a direct feasibility study into linishing &
polishing using robots with force control. This will include selection of appropriate
tooling for the various applications.
Location: VIC, Melbourne (Bayswater)
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 2
Project 8: Robot Injection moulding applications
This project is a direct feasibility study into injection moulding and the machine
tending software relevant to this application. The project will involve investigating the
use of various types of robots that can be used for this application and will review the
different process and post process options available.
Location: VIC, Melbourne (Bayswater)
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 2
Project 9: Robot Routing & Milling Project
This project will involve a feasibility study into the use of robots for routing and
milling in the foundry and die casting industries. This will involve investigation of
various software applications to determine the appropriate method of generating robot
paths and may involve some software development to translate 2D and 3D images
into robot machining programs.
Location: WA (Belmont)
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 2
Project 10: Robot Welding Applications
This project will involve investigating the use of robots for advanced welding
applications which reply upon automatic path generation and path verification. The
aim is to enable automatic welding systems for single piece and low volume
manufacture.
Location: WA (Belmont)
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 2
Project 11: Standard Wet Chemistry Robot Cell
This project will be to determine the optimum layout and equipment to produce a
commercial viable throughput for a standard wet chemistry robot cell. The company
is looking to automate this process using a 6 axis industrial robot. This cell will
perform a number of different sample preparation tasks integrating existing laboratory
equipment.
Location: WA (Bassendean)
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 2
Project 12: Coal Sink and Float Robot Cell
Sink and float testing is a process were coal is immersed in a hazardous organic liquid
of know density to determine the density of the coal. The company is looking to
automate this process including density checking, float and sink pouring, stirring,
scooping and draining using a 6 axis industrial robot. The goal of this project will be
to determine the optimum layout and equipment to produce a commercial viable
throughput.
Location: WA (Bassendean)
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 2
Project 13: Nailplate Packing
Pryda Australia is a manufacturer of timber fastening systems for the construction
Industry. In our manufacturing facility in Dandenong and Napier NZ, 80% of our
product is a ‘nailplate’ which is manufactured in various sizes. The scope of this
project would be to investigate the use of robots for packing individual nailplates into
various size packaging and configuration spinning the plates so they are nail to nail in
the carton.
Location: VIC, Melbourne (Dandenong South)
Number of Students Required: 2
Number of places still available: 0
Project 14: Robot Welding Cell
Design of robot welding cell for the assembly of various large steel components for
the transport industry. Key issues to be addressed will be economical quick change of
tooling to allow JIT manufacture, lowest possible footprint of equipment and
maximum flexibility of the system. The finished report would need to include
equipment specification, cost justification, statement of OH&S compliance and
installation requirements. It is expected that this report would form the basis of a
capital expenditure request to corporate. Monash Clayton & Swinburne students
preferred.
Location: VIC, Melbourne (Clayton North)
Number of Students Required: Maximum 4
Number of places still available: 0