Assembly modelling approach for special purpose machines

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Assembly Automation

Publisher

Emerald Publising Limited

School

School of Engineering

RAS ID

25901

Comments

Farhan, U. H., Tolouei-Rad, M., & Osseiran, A. (2017). Assembly modelling approach for special purpose machines. Assembly Automation, 38(2), 158-172. https://doi.org/10.1108/AA-12-2016-170

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop an assembly modelling approach to be applied with a software package, to assist in the design and assembly of special purpose machines (SPMs).
Design/methodology/approach
A database of SPM elements was established, and an assembly relationships graph was created. Mating conditions were identified between the SPM elements, and their assembly constraints were extracted and implemented in SolidWorks application programming interface.
Findings
The implementation of this assembly modelling approach was validated by selecting SPM layouts as examples. A significant reduction in the assembly time was achieved compared to the traditional assembly procedure for the same examples.
Originality/value
This is a new application of assembly modelling that assists engineers and designers in the design and assembly processes of SPMs. This approach can also be applied to other machine tools with similar attributes.

DOI

10.1108/AA-12-2016-170

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