Automated fixturing planning for inspection on coordinate measuring machine

Ye Cheng; Fuzhi Cai

doi:10.1117/12.217481

28 August 1995 Automated fixturing planning for inspection on coordinate-measuring machine

Ye Cheng, Fuzhi Cai

Proceedings Volume 2620, International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217481
Event: International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing, 1995, Wuhan, China

Abstract

In manufacturing process design, one of the key problems is fixturing planning. This paper deals with automated fixturing planning for inspection process on coordinate measuring machine (CMM) in an automatic manufacturing system environment. A planning strategy is presented with analysis about difficulties in fixturing planning. The newly developed configurable fixture system was designed which is suitable for not only measuring process but also automated fixturing planning. The planning system determines the part orientation at the first. Then it analyzes the support surface and its four sides to make a decision about the fixing style and the distribution of the fixing points. The detailed fixture structure parameters and the part position are also generated. In application, the system performed fixturing planning for complicated regular non-rotational parts.

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Ye Cheng and Fuzhi Cai "Automated fixturing planning for inspection on coordinate-measuring machine", Proc. SPIE 2620, International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing, (28 August 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.217481

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