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A multi-aspect simulation system for flexible aircraft wing assembly

  • Jihong Liu*
  • , Cheng Zou
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The utilization of automatic machines controlled numerically is significant for achieving flexible aircraft wing assembly. This paper presents an off-line programming and simulation system for flexible aircraft wing assembly, which is composed of two modules. The off-line programming module generates tool path of drills according to the 3D solid model designed in advance and the accurate position of each part which is provided by optical measuring machine, and then translates it to NC code with taking the process parameters into consideration. This paper details the second module, the visualized simulation module, which validates and optimizes the related assembly process. The scope of simulation covers three aspects, those are, the tool path simulation, NC code simulation and assembly environment simulation. The system is developed based on CATIA and DELMIA. An example of an aircraft wing assembly process is used to illustrate the detail and advantage of the system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Robotics and Applications - First International Conference, ICIRA 2008, Proceedings
Pages679-687
Number of pages9
EditionPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event1st International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2008 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 15 Oct 200817 Oct 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume5315 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period15/10/0817/10/08

Keywords

  • Aircraft wing
  • Flexible assembly
  • Visualized simulation

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