Lessons from adopting robotic in-line quality inspection in the Swedish manufacturing industry

• The Zero-Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) movement has received increasing interest from practitioners and academics. However, despite the academic development of the field, the adoption of ZDM enablers such as robotic in-line quality inspection applications has not increased as expected. This article explores the state of adoption of robotic in-line quality inspection at five global Swedish manufacturing companies. Results show that contrary to the case companies' beliefs, more people- and process-oriented challenges have been encountered compared with technological ones. Future work will focus on developing system design guidelines for robotic in-line quality inspection systems in the realm of ZDM.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

automation

defects

detect

in-line quality inspection

industrial robots

Industry 4.0

Zero-Defect Manufacturing (ZDM)

Inspection

Line quality

Manufacturing companies

Manufacturing industries

Process-oriented

Quality inspection

Swedishs

Zero defects

Zero-defect manufacturing

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

kon (subject category)