Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1698430 | Procedia CIRP | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Manufactured mechanical parts such as sheet metal and thin-wall featured parts, often have significant geometrical differences compared to their nominal CAD models as they have a considerably different shape in a free state condition due to gravity and/or residual stress. Thus, expensive conformation fixtures are traditionally used during inspection operations. Naming such parts flexible (non-rigid or compliant), in this paper, a new method for avoiding fixtures is introduced. Validation was conducted on a virtual industrial case study typically produced with waterjet cutting. Obtained satisfactory results reflect the effectiveness and utility of this approach in precision detection of manufacturing defects.
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Authors
Kaveh Babanezhad, Gilles Foucault, Antoine Tahan, Jean Bigeon,