Journal
CIRP ANNALS-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages 389-394Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2015.04.119
Keywords
Digital manufacturing systems; Assembly; Remote laser welding
Funding
- European Research Project EU-FP7 FoF-ICT: Remote Laser Welding System Navigator for Eco & Resilient Automotive Factories [285051]
- UK EPSRC [EP/K019368/1]
- Hungarian NFU [ED_13-2-2013-0002]
- EPSRC [EP/K019368/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/K019368/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Remote laser welding (RLW) has received increased attention in the recent years due to its benefits in terms of processing speed, lower investment, cost per stitch, and process flexibility. However, its potential in automotive assembly remains under exploited, mainly due to challenges involving system, process and fixture design, and part variation challenges. In this paper, an integrated rapid deployment framework for RLW process is proposed to improve 'right-first-time' implementation of RLW in assembly systems. It enables closed-loop optimization of system layout, task assignment, fixture layout, process parameters, robot path planning and programming as an interlinked iterative approach. The results are demonstrated in an automotive door assembly pilot study. (c) 2015 CIRP.
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