The robot reliability design and improvement method and the advanced Toyota production system
Abstract
Purpose
To demonstrate the theory and effectiveness of reliability‐improvement countermeasures for line equipment, specifically industrial robots for automotive production engineering.
Design/methodology/approach
Suggests an efficient method of life‐cycle maintenance. The defects of industrial robots are analysed using Weibull analysis.
Findings
From the analysis, a strategy of countermeasures is framed for component screening, reliability design and lifetime estimation.
Originality/value
This method has been implemented worldwide in Toyota's factories, and has produced a better operating life cycle for industrial robots.
Keywords
Citation
Sakai, H. and Amasaka, K. (2007), "The robot reliability design and improvement method and the advanced Toyota production system", Industrial Robot, Vol. 34 No. 4, pp. 310-316. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910710749636
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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