Reshaping of deformed components for assembly
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorsLaurent REGNAULT, Sebastien SIROIS
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Abstract
There is described a method and system for reshaping a component for assembly that may have been deformed pre-assembly and post-fabrication. As-fabricated measurements are used to determine a baseline for the component and as-mounted measurements are used to determine a deformation parameter as a function of the baseline. The component may be reshaped using correction displacements applied to a positioning device of an assembly tool to which the component is mounted for assembly.
Claims28
A computer-implemented method for reshaping a component mounted on an assembly tool having a positioning device, the method comprising:
- receiving a set of as-fabricated measurements of the component;
- receiving a set of as-mounted measurements of the component, the as-mounted measurements taken at a same position on the component as the as-fabricated measurements;
- determining a deformation parameter for the component based on the as-placed measurements and the as-fabricated measurements;
- determining a set of correction displacements for the positioning device to reshape the component using the deformation parameter;
- and
- generating control signals for applying the correction displacements to the positioning device.
A system for reshaping a component mounted on an assembly tool having a positioning device, the system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor coupled to the memory;
- and
- at least one application stored in the memory and executable by the processor for:
- receiving a set of as-fabricated measurements of the component;
- receiving a set of as-mounted measurements of the component, the as-placed measurements taken at a same position on the component as the as-fabricated measurements;
- determining a deformation parameter for the component based on the as-placed measurements and the as-fabricated measurements;
- determining a set of correction displacements for the positioning device to reshape the component using the deformation parameter;
- and
- generating control signals for applying the correction displacements to the positioning device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.