Affiliation:
1. National University of Singapore Mechanical and Production Engineering Department Singapore
Abstract
Both proper fixture design and optimum fixturing execution are crucial to workpiece quality assurance in manufacturing. This paper deals with an integrated approach to fixturing problems and, in particular, a ‘live’ fixture with sensory feedback and on-line fixturing control strategy to perform an optimal fixturing operation. The framework of an integrated fixture design procedure is first presented. The functions and structure of an intelligent fixture are proposed. The prototype intelligent fixture with dynamic clamps capable of delivering accurate but varying clamping intensity is developed. This novel set-up has been proven to be effective for workpiece quality improvement and productivity enhancement through machining experiments on thin-walled workpieces.
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Mechanical Engineering
Reference22 articles.
1. Asada H., By A. B. Kinematics of workpiece fixturing. In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1985, pp. 337–345.
2. Restraint Analysis of Fixtures Which Rely on Surface Contact
3. Trappey J. C., Liu C. R. Issues of automatic fixture design in computer integrated manufacturing system. In Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1988, pp. 149–154.
4. A Mathematical Approach to Automatic Configuration of Machining Fixtures: Analysis and Synthesis
5. Fixture Planning With Friction
Cited by
33 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献