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- THIS IS A PRE-ACCREDITATION
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Unit 32:
Industrial Robot Technology
Unit code:
QCF Level:
5
Credit value:
15
Aim
This unit will develop learners’ understanding of robots and the skills needed to use them for a
range of industrial applications.
Unit abstract
Industrial robots have a wide range of applications, especially in the manufacturing and
engineering sectors. This unit will develop learners’ understanding of the key elements of
industrial robots and how they are linked together as a system – manipulator, control and
intelligence and sources of system errors. Learners will then develop and apply the skills used to
program robots for industrial tasks (eg welding, assembly, machining, etc.), and investigate the
various programming methods and facilities that are available. Finally the unit covers the design
of an efficient, safe robot cell, and the factors that must be taken into account when selecting,
installing and operating industrial robots. This should also include the economic and ethical
issues that surround the introduction of robot technology.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit a learner will:
1 Understand the key elements of industrial robots
2 Be able to program an industrial robot
3 Be able to design a robot cell and plan its implementation
IMPORTANT:
NOT TO BE USED FOR TEACHING OR
A
SSESSMENT
- THIS IS A PRE-ACCREDITATION
DRAFT
2
Unit content
1 Understand the key elements of industrial robots
Manipulator elements: electrical and fluid drive systems eg harmonic, cycloidal, shaft, rod,
screw, belt, chain; sensors eg absolute and incremental encoders, potentiometers, resolvers,
tachometers; brakes; counterbalance devices.
Control elements: CPU; system and user memory; interface modules; power modules
Intelligence: relating to proximity, range, position, force, temperature, sound and gas
Sources of error or malfunction: environmental contamination eg s