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Control by virtual gauge of skew surfaces for correction process

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The automation of production has been considerably developed in recent years in all its phases from design and manufacturing to control. The design and manufacture of free form surfaces are a current practice in the industry; thus, the conformity problem of complex geometry parts is felt more and more. The co-ordinate measurement machine (CMM) has largely reduced the acquisition and processing time in the take up measurement operation, which explains the wide use of the CMM in the mechanical industry over the last decade. The modelling and controlling procedure proposed within this paper enables correction of complex surfaces during the parts manufacturing process. The method is based on real surfaces modeled by finite elements starting from cloud points obtained by a digitalizing procedure in the co-ordinate measurement machine. The procedure was applied on a tooth gear which equips the gear box manufactured in the Algeria Engines and Tractors Factory. A comparison between the real and ideal model has been established showing the defects of form in order to correct the grinding process. This comparison is carried out by associating a surface of perfect geometry to a group of palpated dots. The selected criterion of optimisation is the least squares method.

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  1. Laboratory of Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering, Mentouri-Constantine University, Road of Ain-el-Bey, 25000, Constantine, Algeria

    Hamlaoui Boughouas, Salim Boukebbab, Hichem Bouchenitfa & Idriss Amara

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Boughouas, H., Boukebbab, S., Bouchenitfa, H. et al. Control by virtual gauge of skew surfaces for correction process. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 36, 936–941 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-006-0911-x

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