The welding fixtures are the most important devices for an auto body welding assembly line. The current special fixtures used by many automotive manufactures are only fit for one or several specific welding processes,...The welding fixtures are the most important devices for an auto body welding assembly line. The current special fixtures used by many automotive manufactures are only fit for one or several specific welding processes, and the dimensional problem in the circle due to several variation sources accumulation has no adjustment. The active error compensating welding fixture system for auto body is designed and manufactured. The detecting model, coordinate transformation model, and adjusting model based on auto body coordinate system are presented. The dowel pin modular design is adopted in the structure of the fixture to suit different workpieces with some similar characteristics. The online detection and adaptive control system using eddy current sensors and adaptive adjusting devices is analyzed. Three kinds of the left rear wheel covers SGM60 are selected to test workpieces of the developed system, and the active error compensating experiments are performed in the lab for many times. Test results show the validity of mechanism reconfigurations, on-line detections and error compensations of the developed welding fixture.展开更多
A computer aided design system of welding fixture (called WFCAD system) is introduced in this paper. The microcomputer graphics software AutoCAD has been used as the supporting software of WFCAD system. By means of pr...A computer aided design system of welding fixture (called WFCAD system) is introduced in this paper. The microcomputer graphics software AutoCAD has been used as the supporting software of WFCAD system. By means of programming, 2-D and 3-D parameterized graphic libraries of components of welding fixture are established. With the aid of AutoCAD ' s advanced development system (ADS), menus and dialogs are constructed for convenient use of graphic library, and it also makes the system has a good man-machine interface.展开更多
A numerical model is established by Abaqus software for superalloy during tungsten inert gas （TIG） welding with welding fixture to simulate the weld temperature filed, stress and strain field, and weld plate＇s hori...A numerical model is established by Abaqus software for superalloy during tungsten inert gas （TIG） welding with welding fixture to simulate the weld temperature filed, stress and strain field, and weld plate＇s horizontal trasnsveral shift. The clamp force perpendicular to the weld plate varying with welding time was analyzed. The maximum clamp force during welding process was calculated. Under the condition of insufficient of clamping force, a half or one third of the maximum clamp force for example, the weld plate＇s horizontal transversal displacement could happen and also be computed.展开更多
There are many welding fixture layout design problems of flexible parts inbody-in-white assembly process, which directly cause body assemble variation. The fixture layoutdesign quality is mainly influenced by the posi...There are many welding fixture layout design problems of flexible parts inbody-in-white assembly process, which directly cause body assemble variation. The fixture layoutdesign quality is mainly influenced by the position and quantity of fixture locators and clamps. Ageneral analysis model of flexible assembles deformation caused by fixture is set up based on'N-2-l' locating principle, in which the locator and damper are treated as the same fixture layoutelements. An analysis model for the flexible part deformation in fixturing is set up in order toobtain the optimization object function and constraints accordingly. The final fixture elementlayout could be obtained through global optimal research by using improved genetic algorithm, whicheffectively decreases fixture elements layout influence on flexible assembles deformation.展开更多
基金Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project,China(No.B602)Patent Second Development Project of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality,China(No.05dz52038)
文摘The welding fixtures are the most important devices for an auto body welding assembly line. The current special fixtures used by many automotive manufactures are only fit for one or several specific welding processes, and the dimensional problem in the circle due to several variation sources accumulation has no adjustment. The active error compensating welding fixture system for auto body is designed and manufactured. The detecting model, coordinate transformation model, and adjusting model based on auto body coordinate system are presented. The dowel pin modular design is adopted in the structure of the fixture to suit different workpieces with some similar characteristics. The online detection and adaptive control system using eddy current sensors and adaptive adjusting devices is analyzed. Three kinds of the left rear wheel covers SGM60 are selected to test workpieces of the developed system, and the active error compensating experiments are performed in the lab for many times. Test results show the validity of mechanism reconfigurations, on-line detections and error compensations of the developed welding fixture.
文摘A computer aided design system of welding fixture (called WFCAD system) is introduced in this paper. The microcomputer graphics software AutoCAD has been used as the supporting software of WFCAD system. By means of programming, 2-D and 3-D parameterized graphic libraries of components of welding fixture are established. With the aid of AutoCAD ' s advanced development system (ADS), menus and dialogs are constructed for convenient use of graphic library, and it also makes the system has a good man-machine interface.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51275496)
文摘A numerical model is established by Abaqus software for superalloy during tungsten inert gas （TIG） welding with welding fixture to simulate the weld temperature filed, stress and strain field, and weld plate＇s horizontal trasnsveral shift. The clamp force perpendicular to the weld plate varying with welding time was analyzed. The maximum clamp force during welding process was calculated. Under the condition of insufficient of clamping force, a half or one third of the maximum clamp force for example, the weld plate＇s horizontal transversal displacement could happen and also be computed.
基金This project is supported by National 863 Plan (No.2001AA411140)National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50175071).
文摘There are many welding fixture layout design problems of flexible parts inbody-in-white assembly process, which directly cause body assemble variation. The fixture layoutdesign quality is mainly influenced by the position and quantity of fixture locators and clamps. Ageneral analysis model of flexible assembles deformation caused by fixture is set up based on'N-2-l' locating principle, in which the locator and damper are treated as the same fixture layoutelements. An analysis model for the flexible part deformation in fixturing is set up in order toobtain the optimization object function and constraints accordingly. The final fixture elementlayout could be obtained through global optimal research by using improved genetic algorithm, whicheffectively decreases fixture elements layout influence on flexible assembles deformation.
