计算机辅助夹具文献综述,计算机辅助夹具设计方法的回顾与分析-外文献及译文.doc...

计算机辅助夹具设计方法的回顾与分析-外文献及译文

A review and analysis of current computer-aided fixture design approachesIain Boyle, Yiming Rong, David C. BrownKeywords:Computer-aided fixture designFixture designFixture planningFixture verificationSetup planningUnit designABSTRACTA key characteristic of the modern market place is the consumer demand for variety. To respond effectively to this demand, manufacturers need to ensure that their manufacturing practices are sufficiently flexible to allow them to achieve rapid product development. Fixturing, which involves using fixtures to secure work pieces during machining so that they can be transformed into parts that meet required design specifications, is a significant contributing factor towards achieving manufacturing flexibility. To enable flexible fixturing, considerable levels of research effort have been devoted to supporting the process of fixture design through the development of computer-aided fixture design (CAFD) tools and approaches. This paper contains a review of these research efforts. Over seventy-five CAFD tools and approaches are reviewed in terms of the fixture design phases they support and the underlying technology upon which they are based. The primary conclusion of the review is that while significant advances have been made in supporting fixture design, there are primarily two research issues that require further effort. The first of these is that current CAFD research is segmented in nature and there remains a need to provide more cohesive fixture design support. Secondly, a greater focus is required on supporting the detailed design of a fixture’s physical structure. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Contents1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………22. Fixture design…………………………………………………………………………………….23. Current CAFD approaches……………………………………………………………………….43.1 Setup planning…………………………………………………………………………….4 3.1.1 Approaches to setup planning……………………………………………………...3.2 Fixture planning…………………………………………………………………………..4 3.2.1 Appro