Effectiveness analysis of AGV composite robots for cubic presses
Aiming at the need of unattended production workshop of artificial diamond,a method for determining the number of cubic presses that can be operated by the automated guided vehicle(AGV)of composite robot in the unattended production workshop was proposed based on the layout of the cubic presses.The ratio of the walking time of the AGV composite robot to the time of the high temperature and high pressure of the cubic press was defined as its effective degree,and the relevant formula of calculating the effectiveness under typical layout was derived.Besides,the conditions for determining the feasibility of the robot to operate a certain number of cubic presses had been determined,and improvement measures were given when the robot cannot operate a certain number of cubic presses.The applications demonstrate that the number of AGV composite robots operating the cubic presses can be determined conveniently and effectively based on the concept of effectiveness and the determination conditions of effectiveness less than or equal to allowable effectiveness.Our method has important reference value for determining the number of AGV composite robots in unattended workshops in the future.