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In this paper the authors presented the prototype of the stand for autonomous 3D printing and machine vision using POWERLINK. The main goal of this project is to automate the process and eliminate the operator. Process starting with a customer, who via the webpage order the product (server is running on Raspberry Pi). A product is created and modified by the customer at the time of ordering. All orders are queued and the buyer gets feedback on the order acceptance, product ID, and estimated waiting time. The user can view the order status at any time by entering product ID on the webpage, PLC B&R reads the product data using POWERLINK and starts production. 3D printer is controlled by the B&R PLC. Part of the process is controlled by a second Raspberry Pi, that regulates the temperature of the nozzle and the temperature of the bed using thermistors and heaters. Raspberry Pi sends data to main PLC. After printing, machine vision system plugged into POWERLINK network checks the quality of the printed product and sends feedback information to the PLC.
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The work described in this paper was funded from 02/23/DS-PB/120 (Nowe techniki w urządzeniach mechatronicznych).
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Lindner, T., Wyrwał, D., Kubacki, A. (2018). Autonomous Stand for 3D Printing and Machine Vision System. In: Szewczyk, R., Zieliński, C., Kaliczyńska, M. (eds) Automation 2018. AUTOMATION 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 743. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77179-3_6
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