组装过程中O形密封圈的处理和插入自动化通常是不可靠的。为了方便自动O型环进料和安装，通用汽车公司的SAGINAW VANGUARD工厂设计了一个碗式进料机和一个气动插入装置，与机器人一起工作。这个特殊的制造单元将在等速万向节壳体上安装一个O形圈。描述了电池的整个操作。机器人工作单元模拟工具DENEB验证了间隙、到达和循环时间。双刀具末端执行器满足循环时间要求，主要在制造设计领域提出建议，供未来项目使用。电池的模拟循环时间为36秒，在工厂循环时间内。

AUTOMATION FOR THE HANDLING AND INSERTION OF O-RING SEALS DURING ASSEMBLY IS OFTEN AN UNRELIABLE PROCESS. TO FACILITATE AUTOMATED O-RING FEEDING AND INSTALLATION, A BOWL FEEDER AND A PNEUMATIC INSERTION DEVICE WERE DESIGNED TO WORK ALONG WITH A ROBOT IN GENERAL MOTORS' SAGINAW VANGUARD PLANT. THIS PARTICULAR MANUFACTURING CELL WILL INSTALL AN O-RING ONTO A CV JOINT HOUSING. THE ENTIRE OPERATION OF THE CELL IS DESCRIBED. DENEB, A ROBOT WORK CELL SIMULATION TOOL, VERIFIED CLEARANCES, REACHES, AND CYCLE TIME. A DOUBLE-TOOLED END EFFECTOR MEETS CYCLE TIME REQUIREMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS PRIMARILY IN THE AREA OF DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE ARE MADE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. THE CELL ACHIEVES A SIMULATION CYCLE TIME OF 36 SECONDS WHICH IS WITHIN THE FACTORY CYCLE TIME.