Adrien Drouot
Measurement assisted assembly for high accuracy aerospace manufacturing
Drouot, Adrien; Zhao, Ran; Irving, Lucas; Sanderson, David; Ratchev, Svetan
Authors
Ran Zhao
Lucas Irving
DAVID SANDERSON DAVID.SANDERSON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Senior Research Fellow
Professor SVETAN RATCHEV svetan.ratchev@nottingham.ac.uk
Cripps Professor of Production Engineering & Head of Research Division
Abstract
Measurement Assisted Assembly is a key concept for the modernisation of aerospace assembly processes, i.e. improving their efficiency while reducing the manufacturing costs. This concept suggests a paradigm shift in the assembly of high-complexity products as it encompasses the development and the use of robotics solutions smartly integrated with innovative measurement technologies. Expected outcomes are, among others, a better positioning accuracy of the components and a significant reduction of the rectification and rework requirements that are usually common with traditional assembly processes, especially but not limited to aerospace manufacturing. To achieve these objectives, a high precision metrology system that automatically inspects and corrects the pose of the robotic manipulators during the assembly operations is of great importance. In this paper, a high-accuracy real-life application of the concept of Measurement Assisted Assembly is presented as a part of the Future Automated Aircraft Assembly Demonstrator developed by the University of Nottingham. Experimentations have shown that, using the production environment described hereafter, a positioning accuracy better than +- 0.1 mm can be achieved for large airframe components.
Citation
Drouot, A., Zhao, R., Irving, L., Sanderson, D., & Ratchev, S. (2018). Measurement assisted assembly for high accuracy aerospace manufacturing.
Conference Name | 16th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM 2018) |
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End Date | Jun 13, 2018 |
Acceptance Date | Feb 15, 2018 |
Publication Date | Jun 11, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Apr 17, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Agile Manufacturing, Industrial Robots, Assembly Robots, Positioning Systems, Accuracy |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/937182 |
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