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DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL ASSEMBLY CELL FOR LASER WELDING OF SIDE PANELS  

Park, H.S. (Laboratory for Production Engineering, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, University of Ulsan)
Lee, H.B. (Hyundai Kia Corporate)
Publication Information
International Journal of Automotive Technology / v.7, no.6, 2006 , pp. 721-728 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper is concerned with development of digital assembly cell. Automotive industries, try to find out new welding technologies to replace the existing spot welding which is not appropriate anymore. Because of many advantages like good accessibility, welding quality and fast welding speed, laser welding seems the most appropriate solution for automobile manufactures. To apply this technology to welding of car body, experiments must be conducted according to material, geometry and layer in welding area. Based on the data of these experiments, the laser welding process and the quality of stitches are identified. And then, the comparison between the requirements of welding and the potential of equipments allows selecting the best equipments. By using the digital manufacturing, the configurations of laser welding cell are carried out. After all, the optimal laser welding cell is chosen by the evaluation of alternative cells with technical and organizational criteria.
Keywords
Welding technology; Cell configuration; Digital manufacturing; Off-line programming;
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