Optimal Design of Automobile Panel Fixture Station with Genetic Algorithm

• Main Authors: Hou-Yuan Lin, 林后遠
• Other Authors: Tung-Kuan Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39211726989120945585

碩士 === 國立高雄第一科技大學 === 機械與自動化工程所 === 95 === The design of an automobile panel fixture station should meet several interference-free requirements while locating fixture positions, e.g. (1) interference-free among various fixture modules, (2) interference-free among panel and fixture modules during clamping and moving and (3) interference-free among machining tools and fixture modules. Furthermore, a good design also needs to minimize the cost by selecting proper fixtures from the existed modular fixtures under force of clamping limitations in the specifications. To achieve multiple complex constraints and cost-minimum requirement, Genetic Algorithm (GA) which has been evaluated to be a global optimum search algorithm is proposed to solve the optimum problem. Comparing to the traditional Trail-and-Error method, the design which is based on this work is obviously cost-effective and time-saving by cutting down the total deign time and fixture assembling time due to the capability of finding more precise and complete solution. Keywords: Genetic algorithm (GA), Automobile panel fixture design, interference, optimal design.