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Process-oriented tolerancing for multi-station assembly systems
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Ding, Yu, Jin, J., Ceglarek, Darek and Shi, Jianjun (2005) Process-oriented tolerancing for multi-station assembly systems. IIE Transactions, Vol.37 (No.6). pp. 493-508. doi:10.1080/07408170490507774 ISSN 0740-817X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07408170490507774
Abstract
In multi-station manufacturing systems, the quality of final products is significantly affected by both product design as well as process variables. Historically, however, tolerance research has primarily focused on allocating tolerances based on the product design characteristics of each component. Currently, there are no analytical approaches to optimally allocate tolerances to integrate product and process variables in multi-station manufacturing processes at minimum costs. The concept of process-oriented tolerancing expands the current tolerancing practices, which bound errors related to product variables, to explicitly include process variables. The resulting methodology extends the concept of “part interchangeability” into “process interchangeability,” which is critical due to increasing requirements related to the selection of suppliers and benchmarking. The proposed methodology is based on the development and integration of three models: (i) the tolerance-variation relation; (ii) variation propagation; and (iii) process degradation. The tolerance-variation model is based on a pin-hole fixture mechanism in multi-station assembly processes. The variation propagation model utilizes a state space representation but uses a station index instead of a time index. Dynamic process effects such as tool wear are also incorporated into the framework of process-oriented tolerancing, which provides the capability to design tolerances for the whole life-cycle of a production system. The tolerances of process variables are optimally allocated through solving a nonlinear constrained optimization problem. An industry case study is used to illustrate the proposed approach.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | IIE Transactions | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Inc. | ||||
ISSN: | 0740-817X | ||||
Official Date: | 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.37 | ||||
Number: | No.6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 493-508 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/07408170490507774 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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