Processor and method for developing a set of admissible fixture designs for a workpiece
Abstract
A fixture process and method is provided for developing a complete set of all admissible fixture designs for a workpiece which prevents the workpiece from translating or rotating. The fixture processor generates the set of all admissible designs based on geometric access constraints and expected applied forces on the workpiece. For instance, the fixture processor may generate a set of admissible fixture designs for first, second and third locators placed in an array of holes on a fixture plate and a translating clamp attached to the fixture plate for contacting the workpiece. In another instance, a fixture vice is used in which first, second, third and fourth locators are used and first and second fixture jaws are tightened to secure the workpiece. The fixture process also ranks the set of admissible fixture designs according to a predetermined quality metric so that the optimal fixture design for the desired purpose may be identified from the set of all admissible fixture designs. 27 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 288015
- Patent Number(s):
- 5546314
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-466,112
- Assignee:
- SNL; SCA: 420200; PA: EDB-96:136376; SN: 96001636029
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 13 Aug 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; MACHINE PARTS; FABRICATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; FASTENERS
Citation Formats
Brost, R C, Goldberg, K Y, Wallack, A S, and Canny, J. Processor and method for developing a set of admissible fixture designs for a workpiece. United States: N. p., 1996.
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title = {Processor and method for developing a set of admissible fixture designs for a workpiece},
author = {Brost, R C and Goldberg, K Y and Wallack, A S and Canny, J},
abstractNote = {A fixture process and method is provided for developing a complete set of all admissible fixture designs for a workpiece which prevents the workpiece from translating or rotating. The fixture processor generates the set of all admissible designs based on geometric access constraints and expected applied forces on the workpiece. For instance, the fixture processor may generate a set of admissible fixture designs for first, second and third locators placed in an array of holes on a fixture plate and a translating clamp attached to the fixture plate for contacting the workpiece. In another instance, a fixture vice is used in which first, second, third and fourth locators are used and first and second fixture jaws are tightened to secure the workpiece. The fixture process also ranks the set of admissible fixture designs according to a predetermined quality metric so that the optimal fixture design for the desired purpose may be identified from the set of all admissible fixture designs. 27 figs.},
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year = {Tue Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
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