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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICAR.1991.240579
