Abstract
This paper considers the automation of industrial processes; in particular we focus attention on those operations that require the manipulation of wires and cables, such as laying.
To this end, we used a software prototype, named SoftWorld, that provides a graphical environment to simulate the handling machinery integrated with the dynamic and static behavior of the material.
To fulfill our goal we proceeded in three steps: analysis of possible wire models, identification of possible approaches to simulate the handling process, and validation through experimental tests.
In order to cover most of the typical problems in wire simulation, different models have been considered to describe wires and simulate their behavior. The objective has been to investigate different approaches analyzing advantages and disadvantages with reference to the goal of the simulation.
In the same way, for the simulation of the handling process we considered different approaches that imply different computational costs and give different levels of accuracy.
Results obtained will be described as well as final considerations and future developments.
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Denti, P., Dragoni, P., Frugoli, G., Rizzi, C. (1997). Simulation of wires handling for the automation of industrial processes. In: Plonka, F., Olling, G. (eds) Computer Applications in Production and Engineering. CAPE 1997. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35291-6_25
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