Design for automation and automated manufacturing of drug testing kits

Daniel J. Cox, Walter Lewandowski

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Abstract

This paper describes the design for automation and development of manufacturing automation for a law enforcement product, the Narcotics Identification Kit, a high volume product widely used in the field of law enforcement. Modifications to the previous design, emphasizing design for assembly and automation are first described. With the new product design, an automated assembly process is developed and described in this paper. The automation system to produce the high volume product is next described. The entire project is an industry-academic collaboration in experiential manufacturing engineering education. In the project-centered approach, the students gain real-world experience while creating innovative solutions satisfying the needs of industry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1194-1199
Number of pages6
JournalConference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Volume2
StatePublished - 2005
EventIEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, Proceedings - 2005 International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Waikoloa, HI, United States
Duration: Oct 10 2005Oct 12 2005

Keywords

  • Design for automation
  • Manufacturing automation
  • Manufacturing engineering education

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