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Automated Setup Assembly Mechanisms for the Intelligent Machining Workstation
F.B. Hazen
tech. report CMU-RI-TR-90-20, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, November, 1990.

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This report describes the mechanical details of the fixtures and assembly tools used to automatically produce setups for machining within the Intelligent Machining Workstation (IMW) project. Motivation for the project, a brief description of the IMW, and a review of fixturing techniques are presented. The basic method of automated setup assembly is described. Finally, individual devices are introduced. A new fixture table, as well as passive and active fixture elements, comprise a modular tooling kit expressly designed for automated setup construction. A new style of gripper, bolt assembly tool, and repositionable camera platform have been created in order to manipulate, fasten, and inspect the fixture elements on the base.

Sponsor: Air Force Wright Aeronautical Lab
Grant ID: F33615-86-C-5038

Associated center: CIMDS
Associated lab/group: Rapid Manufacturing Lab

Number of pages: 65

F.B. Hazen, Automated Setup Assembly Mechanisms for the Intelligent Machining Workstation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-90-20, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, November, 1990.

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   title = "Automated Setup Assembly Mechanisms for the Intelligent Machining Workstation",
   institution = "Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University",
   month = "November",
   year = "1990",
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   address = "Pittsburgh, PA"
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