Abstract
The demand for green hydrogen is expected to increase in the next years. As a result, the market for suitable production means such as electrolyzers will also increase. An essential step in meeting this growth is automating production steps, which have so far been mainly manual. A crucial part of electrolyzer production is the control cabinet assembly and wiring. Automating this production step promises high economic potential and an increased output. In this context, this paper proposes a concept for automated control cabinet wiring using industrial robots. The control cabinet of an alkaline electrolyzer is taken as a reference object and analyzed regarding its hurdles for automation. Based on this analysis, a cabinet redesign is proposed yielding a higher automation potential. Subsequently, a concept for automated wire assembly and wiring is presented. The concept includes two industrial robots, enabling maximum flexibility regarding wire supply and control cabinet wiring.
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This work was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the grant number 03HY113A within the research project H2Giga –FertiRob.
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Milloch, E., Bartelt, S., Brisse, M., Egel, R., Kuhlenkötter, B. (2024). Electrolyzer Control Cabinet Wiring as a Holistic Approach. In: Secchi, C., Marconi, L. (eds) European Robotics Forum 2024. ERF 2024. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76424-0_7
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