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A process fault identification and classification scheme for an automobile door assembly process is presented based on multivariate in-line dimensional measurements and principal component factor analysis. First, the door assembly process and the dimensional measurement system are briefly introduced. Second, the technique of principal component factor analysis is presented for process fault identification. Process faults are summarized based on off-line identified case studies. Finally a machine classification scheme based on principal components and principal factors is presented and evaluated, using the pattern knowledge obtained off-line. This scheme is shown to be effective in classifying process faults using production data.
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Wu, SK., Hu, S.J. & Wu, S.M. A fault identification and classification scheme for an automobile door assembly process. Int J Flex Manuf Syst 6, 261–285 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324797
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324797