Uppsats för avläggande av filosofie kandidatexamen i Kulturvård, Bygghantverk, 27 hp, 2012.

This thesis work has been performed at the Division of Assembly Technology at Linköping University for a period of ten weeks. The work is part of the project ProFlexA, which is a research project in collaboration between Linköping University, Lund University, and industrial partners such as Combi Wear Parts and Smålands Stålgjuteri AB.The casting process creates random incurred burrs and defects, which must be removed during a cleaning process to make sure that the cast can be sold. Automation has long been sought for the cleaning of castings due to, among other things, poor working conditions for staff, but this has proved difficult to implement with today's technology. Automation has for some time been available for more capital strong companies with large annual volumes, but for smaller companies with small-and medium-sized volumes, automation has not been an option.The goal of ProFlexA is to develop an automated cleaning cell aimed at small-and medium-sized volumes.The goal of the thesis is to do a pre study at ProFlexA?s partners on cleaning of castings, and develop concepts for automated cleaning of castings.By recording the process and cycle times, the cleaning of castings has been documented as it works today, and on this basis, information and statistics has been compiled.

  ABSTRACTSjöfart är ett nödvändigt transportsätt för att frakta de varor som jordens befolkning önskar från världens alla hörn. Det finns flera typer av fartyg, exempelvis container, ro-ro, bulk och färjor. Fartyg enstyckstillverkas och konstrueras efter sin rutt och typ av last. Propellerval görs genom studier av kraft och verkningsgrad med hjälp av metoderna: rörelsemängdsmetoden och bladelementmetoden.Ett kylfartyg har designats för att lasta 400 containrar och ha en marschfart på 19 knop. Detta för att hinna transportera 4000 ton citrusfrukt mellan medelhavsområdet och Stockholm varje månad.