Error analysis of assembly linkage of transport jig for large aircraft parts

Abstract

Aiming at the assembly accuracy of a large aircraft transport jig, the effect of component error and the error of work-piece surface on the work-piece position and orientation in the 3-2-1 fixturing scheme is studied with the object pose space description method. The error mapping model between the connecting part of the front frame rack and its support base is modeled using the homogeneous transformation matrix (HTM) method. The probabilistic error is simulated using the Monte Carlo method. The measurement experiment was conducted by the laser tracker to verify the effectiveness of the approach, and the approach has been successfully applied to the production of transport jig.

Keywords

assembly linkage / error modeling / homogeneous transformation matrix / Monte Carlo method

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