Auto-production / Production system / 2017

Auto-production questions the industrial manufacturing process. The goal of this project is not to offer a manufacturing process more efficient in producing larger quantities of goods but to propose a more rational production method.

Traditional industrial production line requires goods to be produced in a certain quantity in order to decrease production cost. However, by replacing the conveyor belt with self-driving robots and using rapid prototyping techniques instead of moulding techniques, different objects may be manufactured in the same production line with minimum modification. Hence, this new production method allows a variety of goods to be manufactured by unit, without increasing the cost of production.

The next step of the project is to resolve how objects may be manufactured with this method. Through a series of experiments with a FDM printer, two types of assembly technique were identified.

The final step of the project is to demonstrate the manufacturing process with two real-life objects : a set of speakers and a pair of shoes. This allowed me to identify eventual problems and to come up with potential solutions.