Clamping modelling: State-of-the-art and future trends

Industrial Robot

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-254

  Leopold, Jrgen ^a   Hong, Lu ^b  

^a Wuhan University of Technology ^*  (Germany)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer aided manufacturing; Finite element analysis; Modelling; Production equipment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING; ASSEMBLY PROCESS; AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIXING METHODS; FIXTURE DESIGN; FIXTURE ELEMENTS; FUTURE TRENDS; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING IS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MASS PRODUCTION; MODELLING; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; RESEARCH APPROACH; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SIMULATION; WHITE GOODS;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ASSEMBLY; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FIXTURES (TOOLING); INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 67949088014     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910910950513     Document Type: Article

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