Automated modular fixture planning: Accuracy, clamping, and accessibility analyses

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Wu, Y ^a   Rong, Y ^b   Ma, W ^b   LeClair, S R ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; CAD CAM; Clamp planning; Computer aided fixture design; Fixturing accuracy; Fixturing stability

Indexed keywords

CLAMPING DEVICES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ERROR ANALYSIS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ACCESSIBILITY; CLAMP PLANNING; COMPUTER AIDED FIXTURE DESIGN; FIXTURING ACCURACY; FIXTURING STABILITY;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031995184     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(97)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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