Achieving low cost and high quality aero structure assembly through integrated digital metrology systems

J. E. Muelaner; O. C. Martin; P. G. Maropoulos

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2013.06.054

Achieving low cost and high quality aero structure assembly through integrated digital metrology systems

J. E. Muelaner^*, O. C. Martin, P. G. Maropoulos

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Measurement assisted assembly (MAA) has the potential to facilitate a step change in assembly efficiency for large structures such as airframes through the reduction of rework, manually intensive processes and expensive monolithic assembly tooling. It is shown how MAA can enable rapid part-to-part assembly, increased use of flexible automation, traceable quality assurance and control, reduced structure weight and improved aerodynamic tolerances. These advances will require the development of automated networks of measurement instruments; model based thermal compensation, the automatic integration of 'live' measurement data into variation simulation and algorithms to generate cutting paths for predictive shimming and drilling processes. This paper sets out an architecture for digital systems which will enable this integrated approach to variation management.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	688-693
Number of pages	6
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2013.06.054
Publication status	Published - 24 Jun 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	46th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, CIRP CMS 2013 - Setubal, Portugal Duration: 29 May 2013 → 30 May 2013

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Funding Information:
This work has been carried out as part of the EPSRC, IdMRC at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Bath, under grant No. EP/E00184X/1.

Keywords

Assembly
MAA
Measurement assisted assembly

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Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Achieving low cost and high quality aero structure assembly through integrated digital metrology systems

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