Rapid deployment of reconfigurable assembly fixtures using workspace synthesis and visibility analysis

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-16

  Kong, Z ^a   Ceglarek, D ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Reconfigurable fixture; Visibility; Workspace synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); HEURISTIC METHODS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FIXTURE WORKSPACE SYNTHESIS; FUNCTIONAL WORK ENVELOPE; RECONFIGURABLE FIXTURE; WORKSPACE SYNTHESIS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0042343739     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-8506(07)60519-8     Document Type: Article

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