Approach to increase flexibility in automobile body shops through component-integrated fixture functions

Autor: Kampker Achim, Triebs Johannes, Hansen Jan Ole
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 312, p 03002 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2261-236X
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/202031203002
Popis: Due to shorter product life-cycles, increasing product customization and the co-existence of electric and combustion engine vehicles, variant flexibility is gaining importance in the automobile production. The automobile body shop is characterized by inflexible, rigid fixture systems dedicated to meet the geometrical requirements of specific body parts. Changes in part geometry or dimension require the development of new fixture systems, thus increasing product variety results in higher fixture costs. This paper presents an approach for a fixtureless body shop based on component-integrated fixture-functions, increasing variant flexibility and reducing fixture costs. The approach is implemented using a body part assembly of an electric vehicle.
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