Design for Tolerance of Electro-Mechanical Assemblies: An Integrated Approach

Narahari, Y and Sudarsan, R and Lyons, KW and Duffey, MR and Sriram, RD (1999) Design for Tolerance of Electro-Mechanical Assemblies: An Integrated Approach. In: IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 15 (6). pp. 1062-1079.

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Abstract

Tolerancing decisions can profoundly impact the quality and cost of electro-mechanical assemblies. Existing approaches to tolerance analysis and synthesis in design entail detailed knowledge of geometry of the assemblies and are mostly applicable during advanced stages of design, leading to a less than optimal design process. During the design process of assemblies, both the assembly structure and associated tolerance information evolve continuously, Therefore, significant gains can be achieved by effectively using this information to influence the design of the assembly. Motivated by this, we identify and explore two goals for future research that we believe can enhance the scope of tolerancing for the entire design process. The first goal is to advance tolerancing decisions to the earliest possible stages of design, This issue raises the need for effective representation of tolerancing information during different stages of design and for effective assembly modeling. The second goal addresses the appropriate, synergistic use of available methods and best practices for tolerance analysis and synthesis, at successive stages of design. Pursuit of these goals leads to the definition of a multilevel approach that enables tolerancing to be addressed at successive stages of design in an incremental fashion. The resulting design process, which we call the design for tolerance process, integrates three important domains: 1) design activities at successive stages of design; 2) assembly models that evolve continuously through the design process; 3) methods and best practices for tolerance analysis and synthesis. We demonstrate major steps of our proposed approach through a simple, yet illustrative, example.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
Publisher:	IEEE
Keywords:	Tolerance Analysis;Tolerance Synthesis;Design Tolerancing;Assembly Design Process;Assembly Modeling;Tolerance Representation;Statistical Tolerancing;System Level Tolerancing
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Computer Science & Automation
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2005
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:15
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/1747

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