Design And Implementation Of An Automated Cell For Injection Molding

The current paper describes a senior-level course in Robotics taught by the author at Kettering University in the Spring session of 1999. The course was taught in project form and dealt with the design and implementation of an automated manufacturing cell for molding, unloading, and degating injection molded parts. The class had 11 students majoring in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Applied Mathematics. Salient points of this paper include the original concept of laboratory integration for deeper understanding of the subject matter, the funding process, faculty collaboration, student grant proposals to obtain equipment needed for the project, and the design and integration of cell components.