The Design and Realisation of a Flexible Rapid Assembly Aero-Structure Manufacturing Cell – A Simulation Driven Approach

Webb, Philip; Eastwood, Sara; Chitiu, Alex; Fayad, Carole; McKeown, Colm

doi:10.4271/2003-01-2903

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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.…”

Section: Architecture and Principle Of The Flexible Assembly Systemmentioning

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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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Section: Architecture and Principle Of The Flexible Assembly Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…The work described in this paper is part of much larger project at the University of Nottingham to develop a flexible rapid assembly cell for the automated manufacture of aero-structure assemblies. The individual technologies have been developed and tested for the robotic riveting, drilling and assembly [8,9].…”

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Adaptive robotic assembly of compliant aero-structure components

Jayaweera

Webb

2007

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

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“…It is the combination of non‐contact metrology and flexible robotic systems that is seen as the key enabler for the automated assembly of aerostructures. It is only by using such an approach that the inherent distortions and misalignments that occur in these types of structures can be compensated for (Webb et al , 2003). It is this methodology that is used in the work described in this paper.…”

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Automated aerostructure assembly

Webb

Eastwood

Jayaweera

et al. 2005

Industrial Robot: An International Journal

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PurposeDescribes the application of standard industrial robots to the assembly and riveting of aerostructure sub‐assemblies.Design/methodology/approachDescribes the design and operation of special purpose end‐effectors for assembly and solid riveting and their integration in an aerostructure sub‐assembly fabrication cell. The robots are controlled by a novel control system which allows the cell to compensate for distortion and misalignment of the components.FindingsDemonstrates that with advanced control standard industrial robots can be used to assemble aerostructure sub‐assemblies.Originality/valueIntroduces techniques for compensating for the inherent distortion that occurs in airframe components during manufacture. This is an enabling technology that will significantly increase the number of possible applications for robots in the assembly of aerostructures.

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The Design and Realisation of a Flexible Rapid Assembly Aero-Structure Manufacturing Cell – A Simulation Driven Approach

Cited by 6 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

Adaptive robotic assembly of compliant aero-structure components

Automated aerostructure assembly

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