Flexible fixture design with applications to assembly of sheet metal automotive body parts

Assembly Automation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-153

  Arzanpour, S ^a,b   Fung, J ^b   Mills, J K ^b   Cleghorn, W L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assembly; Automotive industry; Robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MODEL AUTOMOBILES; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; ROBOTICS; SHEET METAL;

AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING SECTOR; HARDWARE FIXTURES; SHEET METAL AUTOMOTIVE BODY PARTS;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 33645707708     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150610658130     Document Type: Article

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