Development of Control System for Dual NC Machine with Single 6-Axis Robot
Mohd Aliff1, Abdul Halim Hamdi2, Ismail Yusof3, Nor Samsiah4

1Mohd Aliff, Senior lecturer, Instrumentation and Control Engineering Section, Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2Abdul Halim Hamdi, Master Engineering Technology, Electrical Student, UNIKL.
3Ismail Yusof, Head of Section of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
4Nor Samsiah, Senior lecturer, Faculty of Information Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

Manuscript received on November 16, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on 25 November, 2019. | Manuscript published on December 10, 2019. | PP: 4505-4511 | Volume-9 Issue-2, December 2019. | Retrieval Number: B9017129219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.B9017.129219
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Abstract: NC machine now widely used in industry especially in cutting process. It is precision cutting machine but however the effectiveness of this machine is less effective because it used manual handling to operate. For manual handling, it has many factors that affect the performance of the NC machine. This paper is about to developed of control system for dual NC machine with single 6-axis robot and it is important for further analysis regarding the performance of the machine. 6-axis robot commonly used because it can perform wider of flexibility. To design this system, it consists of integration of multiple controllers and image processing and algorithm for vision is required to differentiate before and after products. A design of automation system must be effective for a better result. This system is served for two NC machine with single 6 axis robot. From the result obtained from this research it showed that by having this system can increase the NC machine rate from 60% to 75% and by developed an automation system shall increase the machine rate into maximum ability of the machine. 
Keywords: NC Machine, Automation, Vision System, Robotic, PLC controller
Scope of the Article: Robotics and Control