Defining assembly specifications from product functional requirements using inertial tolerancing in precision assembly

Bourgeois, F.; Meneses, Yuri López de; Chollet, S. Koelemeijer; Jacot, Jacques

doi:10.1109/isatp.2005.1511484

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“…Furthermore, the functional interference leading to an acceptable range of assembly forces has to be investigated in more detail. The commonly admitted interval range may be enlarged for several ball-bearings, and the effects as well on the yield as on production control are to be analysed [15,16,17,18].…”

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When Manufacturing Capability Exceeds Control Capability: The Paradox of High Precision Products, or is it Possible to Assemble Functional Products out of Components we are Unable to Measure?

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Micro-Assembly Technologies and Applications

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Sorting and mating is a very common practice in high precision manufacturing, as well in the watch industry, biomedical or automotive industry. This strategy helps to increase the assembly yield, but is costly and timeconsuming. The question is, when is it necessary to apply sorting and mating, and when can it by avoided without loss in product quality? We furthermore show in this paper that the measurement precision is often lower than that of manufacturing. New and more precise manufacturing equipment and assembly devices allow for narrower distributions, and this raises many questions: is it possible to stop sorting? how can we be sure of the quality of the components and of the products? A case study at the company MPS AG, manufacturer of miniature ball bearings, illustrates this trend. We propose another manufacturing and assembly strategies, and show what the conditions are that are necessary to permit this approach.

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When Manufacturing Capability Exceeds Control Capability: The Paradox of High Precision Products, or is it Possible to Assemble Functional Products out of Components we are Unable to Measure?

Chollet

Braun

Bourgeois

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Micro-Assembly Technologies and Applications

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“…Inertial tolerancing [4][5] [6][7] [8] proposes an alternative to the traditional methods, making it possible to obtain good yield at the same time in assembly and production. Tolerance does not define an interval but the maximum mean square deviation compared to the target (Equation 1).…”

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Interest of the Inertial Tolerancing Method in the Case of Watch Making Micro Assembly

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Micro-Assembly Technologies and Applications

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A mechanical part to tolerance is traditionally expressed as a [Min Max] interval which allows the definition of the conformity of the characteristic. Inertial tolerancing offers a new point of view of the conformity based on the mean square deviation to the target. This article demonstrates the efficiency of inertial tolerancing and proposes a comparison with the traditional tolerancing method in the case of watch making micro assembly.

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Functional tolerancing and testing increase microassembly yield

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2007 IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing

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Defining assembly specifications from product functional requirements using inertial tolerancing in precision assembly

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

When Manufacturing Capability Exceeds Control Capability: The Paradox of High Precision Products, or is it Possible to Assemble Functional Products out of Components we are Unable to Measure?

When Manufacturing Capability Exceeds Control Capability: The Paradox of High Precision Products, or is it Possible to Assemble Functional Products out of Components we are Unable to Measure?

Interest of the Inertial Tolerancing Method in the Case of Watch Making Micro Assembly

Functional tolerancing and testing increase microassembly yield

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