Mikael Ericsson

Challenges of Engineering Education 5.0 based on I4.0 Policies in Brazil, India, Japan, and Sweden

Introduction : Industry and academia have placed increasing attention on implementing Industry 4.0 (I4.0) in the production ofgoods and services....

Experiences in Running a Professional Course on Digitally-Enabled Production in Collaboration Between Three Swedish Universities

Abstract. Needs for new competences and knowledge arise as industry 4.0 evolves in increasingly digitalized production. This development entails th...

AI-Based Quality Control of Wood Surfaces with Autonomous Material Handling

The theory and applications of Smart Factories and Industry 4.0 are increasing the entry into the industry. It is common in industry to start...

Developing a professional course on digitalized production for Swedish manufacturing industry : An inter-university collaboration, its challenges, and opportunities

A novel blended learning course developed jointly between three universities to address competence development of professionals in digitalized manufacturing

New competences and knowledge needs arises as manufacturing industry evolves and becomes increasingly digitalized. Facing this transformation, one ...

Virtual Commissioning of Machine Vision Applications in Aero Engine Manufacturing

New aero engine design puts new demands on the manufacturing methods with increased automation level. Therefore, the use of vision sensors for...

Welding of non-nominal geometries : physical tests

The geometrical quality of a welded assembly is to some extent depending part positions before welding. Here, a design of experiment is set up in...

Weld Joint Tracking System in an Automatic Inspection Cell by Using Emissivity Variation

Thermography has proven to be a suitable nondestructive testing method for automatic crack inspection of welds. However automatic weld inspection...

Influence of Vibration Induced Disturbances in an Automatic Inspection Cell

In the modern manufacturing industry, quality assurance is important. Over the last few years, the interest in automatic inspection has increased a...

Motion synthesizer platform for moving manikins

Analysis and evaluation of a general camera model

A versatile General Camera Model, GCM, has been developed, and is described in detail. The model is general in the sense that it can capture both...

Co-op-modellen – ökad motivation, genomströmning och anställningsbarhet hos studenterna

Den här artikeln beskriver ett mycket framgångsrikt utbildningskoncept som genomförs på Högskolan Väst, främst på ingenjörsutbildningarna maskin oc...

Schema for Motion Capture Data Management

A unified database platform capable of storing both motion captured data and information about these motions (metadata) is described. The platform...

Off-Line Simulation of Advanced Stereo Vision Welding Applications

Stereo vision for path correction in off-line programmed robot welding

The paper describes a versatile machine vision system for correcting off-line programmed nominal robot trajectories for advanced welding. Weld...

Integration of finite element analysis and computer aided robotics for advanced programming of robotized welding

This paper describes a promising approach where finite element analysis is combined with computer aided robotics in off-line programming of advance...

Virtual Machine Vision in Computer Aided Robotics

In this paper a concept for Virtual Machine Vision is proposed using a commercial Computer Aided Robotics software called RobCad. The system utiliz...

Tools for simulation based fixture design to reduce deformation in advanced fusion welding

The traditional fusion welding and fixture simulations are performed using advanced finite element simulation tools, commonly used are e.g. MSC.Mar...

A look at the optimization of robot welding speed based on process modelling

Simulation tools to search for optimal process parameters are of great interest to reduce the number of experiments and thereby reduce cost and...

3D-Scanning for Weld Distortion Measuring

Optical three dimensional scanning for weld distortion measurements have been performed for validation, inspection, general visualization and...

Simulation fo Robot Paths and Heat Effects in Welding

Off-line programming of robots for metal deposition

Metal Deposition (MD) is a rapid prototyping technique to build parts by depositing metal in a required fashion. When a complex-shaped part is to b...

Three dimensional simulation of robot path, heat transfer and residual stresses of a welded part with complex geometry

In this article a simulation system is presented that combines computer aided robotics software used to define the welding operation, with a finite...

Computer Aided Robotics combined with a Finite Element Analysis for Process Simulation of Welding

Simulation of robotic TIG-welding

Non-contact Temperature Measurements using an Infrared Camera in Aerospace Welding Applications

This paper describes the application of infrared (IR) thermal imaging and temperature measurements in welding applications, both on single plane...

Three Dimensional Simulation of Robot path, Heat Transfer and Residual Stresses of a TIG-welded Part with Complex Geometry

In this paper a system is presented that combines a robot off-line programming software with a finite element model that predicts temperature-time...

Three-dimensional simulation of robot path and heat transfer of a TIG-welded part with complex geometry

The application of commercial software (OLP) packages for robot simulation, and programming, use interactive computer graphics, provide powerful...