A novel comparative design procedure for reconfigurable assembly fixtures
Journal article, 2017

While market requirements demand that manufacturing systems increase their responsiveness, assembly fixtures remain limited in corresponding to the same demand. Fixture designers as practitioners are left without guidance to design reconfigurable fixtures. This study proposes a comparative design procedure for reconfigurable assembly fixtures that can adapt to manufacturing system characteristics by using efficiency metrics. In this study, a theoretical analysis based on manufacturing systems is presented to establish efficiency metrics. Later, these metrics are utilized in a design procedure that offers guidance and determines the efficiency of fixtures in conceptual and detailed design stages. Finally, an experimental verification is presented.

Manufacturing

Assembly

Fixture

Reconfigurable

Production

Tooling

Author

Ilker Erdem

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Production Systems

Christoffer E Levandowski

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Product Development

Cecilia Berlin

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Production Systems

Henrik Kihlman

Johan Stahre

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Production Systems

CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology

1755-5817 (ISSN) 1878-0016 (eISSN)

Vol. 19 93-105

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

DOI

10.1016/j.cirpj.2017.06.004

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Created

12/19/2017