A Contribution to 3D Modeling of Manufacturing Tolerance Optimization

The study of the generated defects on manufactured parts shows the difficulty to maintain parts in their positions during the machining process and to estimate them during the pre-process plan. This work presents a contribution to the development of 3D models for the optimization of the manufacturing tolerances. An experimental study allows the measurement of the defects of part positioning for the determination of ε and the choice of an optimal setup of the part. An approach of 3D tolerance based on the small displacements method permits the determination of the manufacturing errors upstream. A developed tool, allows an automatic generation of the tolerance intervals along the three axes.

Authors:

• F. Sebaa
• A. Cheikh
• M. Rahou

Keywords:

• Manufacturing tolerances
• 3D modeling
• optimization
• errors.

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