The geometric principle of automatic modular fixture planning

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 779-787

  Wu, Yuguang ^a   Gao, Shuming ^b   Chen, Zichen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accessibility analysis; Automatic fixture planning; Clamping analysis; Modular fixture

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MILLING (MACHINING); ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; UNLOADING;

ACCESSIBILITY ANALYSIS; AUTOMATIC FIXTURE PLANNING; CLAMPING ANALYSIS; MODULAR FIXTURES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FIXTURES (TOOLING);

AUTOMATIC PLANNING; FIXTURE DESIGN; GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS; LOADING AND UNLOADING; MODULAR FIXTURES; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL MOTIONS;

EID: 1342302577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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