System Integration and Application of a Networking Production Line for Aerospace Precision Manufacturing

Abstract

In this paper, the networking integration application of an intelligent production line is studied and developed for aerospace precision manufacturing. The technical development of the performance equalization and control for EDM machine is also introduced with the related technologies of the machine network and Ethernet for Control Automation Technology (EtherCAT) network. In addition, the development of intelligent production lines is integrated to improve the system stability and production efficiency of production line systems for aerospace component manufacturing. The key technologies of Cyber-Physical System (CPS) and intelligent networking are also integrated to construct the real-time intelligent system monitoring system [Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)] for data record and management. The key technologies of the drilling process are developed for intelligent diagnosis and drilling holes inspection of related production processes. The integrated robot arm is responsible for the loading and unloading of the material, and the entire production line is connected by the EtherCAT network. The automatic optical inspection is introduced at the rear end of the production line to realize the quality judgment of the finished product. Furthermore, the virtual cloud network and the intelligent factory are achieved with the information collection and intelligent monitoring system.