Flexible Automated Riveting of Fuselage Skin Panels

Webb, Philip; Chitiu, Alex; Fayad, Carole; Gindy, Nabil; McKeown, Colm

doi:10.4271/2001-01-2579

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“…It effectively integrates these technologies into an electromechanical integration application system, which combines several hardware and software systems. According to different assembly stages of the aircraft product, aircraft flexible assembly system can also be divided into three stages: component-level flexible assembly, [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] large component-level flexible assembly, 28,29 and large components alignment and joining. [30][31][32][33][34][35] Figure 1 shows the architecture of aircraft digital flexible assembly system and its application.…”

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Review of the application of flexible, measurement-assisted assembly technology in aircraft manufacturing

Zhong-yi

Maropoulos

2014

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B:

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Aircraft assembly is the most important part of aircraft manufacturing. A large number of assembly fixtures must be used to ensure the assembly accuracy in the aircraft assembly process. Traditional fixed assembly fixture could not satisfy the change of the aircraft types, so the digital flexible assembly fixture was developed and was gradually applied in the aircraft assembly. Digital flexible assembly technology has also become one of the research directions in the field of aircraft manufacturing. The aircraft flexible assembly can be divided into three assembly stages that include component-level flexible assembly, large component-level flexible assembly, and large components alignment and joining. This article introduces the architecture of flexible assembly systems and the principles of three types of flexible assembly fixtures. The key technologies of the digital flexible assembly are also discussed. The digital metrology system provides the basis for the accurate digital flexible assembly. Aircraft flexible assembly systems mainly use laser tracking metrology systems and indoor Global Positioning System metrology systems. With the development of flexible assembly technology, the digital flexible assembly system will be widely used in current aircraft manufacturing.

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Review of the application of flexible, measurement-assisted assembly technology in aircraft manufacturing

Zhong-yi

Maropoulos

2014

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B:

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“…In general, a servo-controlled robotic drilling end-effector is coupled with an industrial robot to complete the drilling process. Webb et al [8] developed a compact and innovative end-effector which is capable of performing drilling, countersinking, sealing and riveting operations and also contains a significant amount of process monitoring sensors to enable automated in-process checks and quality measurement. Hempstead et al [9] developed an end-effector for use on a Kuka KR350 2 of 17 robot.…”

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A Robotic Drilling End-Effector and Its Sliding Mode Control for the Normal Adjustment

Zhang

Dhupia

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Applied Sciences

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A robotic drilling end-effector is designed and modeled, and a sliding mode variable structure control architecture based on the reaching law is proposed for its normal adjustment dynamic control. By using a third-order nonlinear integration chain differentiator for obtaining the unmeasurable speed and acceleration signals from the position signals, this sliding mode control scheme is developed with good dynamic quality. The new control law ensures global stability of the entire system and achieves both stabilization and tracking within a desired accuracy. A real-time control experiment platform is established in xPC target environment based on MATLAB Real-Time Workshop (RTW) to verify the proposed control scheme and simulation results. Simulations and experiments performed on the designed robotic end-effector illustrate and clarify that the proposed control scheme is effective.

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The development and application of a multiple wavelength illumination technique for the vision-based process monitoring of aero-structure riveting

Khalili

Webb

2006

Machine Vision and Applications

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Flexible Automated Riveting of Fuselage Skin Panels

Cited by 5 publications

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Review of the application of flexible, measurement-assisted assembly technology in aircraft manufacturing

Review of the application of flexible, measurement-assisted assembly technology in aircraft manufacturing

A Robotic Drilling End-Effector and Its Sliding Mode Control for the Normal Adjustment

The development and application of a multiple wavelength illumination technique for the vision-based process monitoring of aero-structure riveting

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