• DocumentCode
    3341133
  • Title

    Marking and manipulation problems in the shoe industry

  • Author

    Preece, C. ; Simmons, J.E.L. ; Tout, N.R. ; Reedman, D.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Durham Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    19-22 June 1991
  • Firstpage
    786
  • Abstract
    Discusses the problems of manipulating flexible materials, and a general philosophy for enhancing the manipulative capabilities of automatic machinery for shoe upper assembly. The conclusions are illustrated with results of a research programme into the automation of stitchmarking. The automatic process is presented with sufficient knowledge of the orientation of the components to allow the process to be self-adaptive, thus relaxing the specification for physical manipulation by the machinery.<>
  • Keywords
    computerised materials handling; process computer control; textile industry; automatic machinery; computerised materials handling; flexible materials; manipulative capabilities; process computer control; self-adaptive; shoe industry; shoe upper assembly; stitchmarking; Application software; Assembly; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer vision; Footwear industry; Geometry; Machinery; Manufacturing automation; Production facilities; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Robotics, 1991. 'Robots in Unstructured Environments', 91 ICAR., Fifth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Pisa, Italy
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0078-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICAR.1991.240579
  • Filename
    240579