University of Cambridge MET IIB - Siemens Motion Control Congleton 4 Week Project

Company Background

Siemens is a German multinational manufacturer founded in 1847. Siemens Motion Control, based in Congleton, manufactures variable speed drives used to control electric motors. Industry 4.0 has been a key focus for Siemens, with large investments being made into automation, Digitalisation and Electrification outlined in the “Vision 2020” strategy (Siemens, 2020).

Project Background

Siemens Motion Control produce motor drives which can be used to control the speed and a variety of electric motors. These range in size from the G120C FSAA to the G120X. The G120C FSAA, makes up 73% of the units produced and tested in value stream 1 and is the highest volume unit produced on site.

This project, part of the Cambridge Manufacturing Engineering Tripos IIB course, aims to automate the product testing process of the G120C FSAA.

Automation System Concept Design

Concept Sketch

Initial Concept	System Design Render

Overall System Flowchart

The Cable Insertion Challenge

Image Processing Implementation Flowchart

Experimentation with Universal Robots

Result Images

Calibration Rectangle	Top Right Socket	Top Left Socket

Integration with UR3 Robot

Youtube Playlist

Universal Robots UR3