Measurement assisted assembly and the roadmap to part-to-part assembly

Jody Muelaner; Amir Kayani; Oliver Martin; Paul Maropoulos

Measurement assisted assembly and the roadmap to part-to-part assembly

Jody Muelaner, Amir Kayani, Oliver Martin, Paul Maropoulos

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Abstract

Cycle times and production costs remain high in aerospace assembly processes largely due to extensive reworking within the assembly jig. Other industries replaced these craft based processes with part-to-part assembly facilitated by interchangeable parts. Due to very demanding interface tolerances and large flexible components it has not been possible to achieve the required interchangeability tolerances for most aerospace structures. Measurement assisted assembly processes can however deliver many of the advantages of part-to-part assembly without requiring interchangeable parts. This paper reviews assembly concepts such as interface management, oneway assembly, interchangeability, part-to-part assembly, jigless assembly and determinate assembly. The relationship between these processes is then detailed and they are organized into a roadmap leading to part-to-part assembly.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of DET2011
Subtitle of host publication	7th international conference on Digital Enterprise Technology
Pages	11-19
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	7th international conference on Digital Enterprise Technology - Athens, Greece Duration: 28 Sept 2011 → 30 Sept 2011

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Conference	7th international conference on Digital Enterprise Technology
Abbreviated title	DET2011
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	28/09/11 → 30/09/11

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