MMAE Seminar - Getting Faster, Smaller, Cheaper, Better: Factors Limiting Electromechanical Systems in Production Lines, and the Challenges in overcoming them
Armour College of Engineering's Mechanical Materials & Aerospace Engineering Department will welcome Bipin Sen, Senior Business Development Engineer at Bosch Rexroth, to campus on Wednesday, January 21st to present his lecture, "Getting Faster, Smaller, Cheaper, Better: Factors Limiting Electromechanical Systems in Production Lines, and the Challenges in overcoming them."
Abstract
The Industrial Revolution brought about the transition from hand production to manufacturing processes involving machines. Goods could now be produced in larger quantities, with considerably more consistency and quality. Mass production brought down the cost of manufacturing, making products more affordable.
Manufacturing machines have seen considerable change, moving from one factory, one machine, to dozens of lines interconnected with each other on a modern factory floor. Automation of these lines has also seen the transition from steam power to mechanical line shafts to highly complex servo-driven systems, sometimes involving hundreds of discrete servo motors/drives synchronized with each other.
Even as manufacturing lines get more complex, problems plaguing the first machines still limit throughput today. For example, uncontrolled vibration in any driven mechanical system will limit throughput and resolution. This vibration can either be induced or parasitic. Similarly, swaying affects gantry systems, and slosh has to be controlled in liquid filling.
Bosch Rexroth is the world's leading supplier of automation technology, both electrical and mechanical. The product portfolio includes industrial controls, servo systems, linear rails, modules, conveyor systems, and extrusion profiles. In this seminar, we will look at how Bosch Rexroth is helping usher in the next generation of manufacturing lines using adaptive control technology.
Biography
Bipin Sen is a Senior Business Development Engineer at Bosch Rexroth in the Printing, Converting, Food and Packaging group. He has been with Rexroth for over 16 years. He has wide-ranging experience in the technology and automation of printing, converting, and packaging machines. Bipin is responsible for working with global multi-billion dollar packaging end-users (FMCGs) to integrate the complete line of Rexroth automation products into manufacturing lines and systems. In addition to this, Bipin is also responsible for sales growth in the emerging 3D Printing market.
Bipin is married, has two school-age children, and lives in the southern suburbs of Chicago. He holds a master's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.