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een identified, the normals are used to determine the moment components and thus the wrench<br />

coordinates. Therefore, the Plücker coordinates for a given contact position with respect to a fixed point<br />

(e.g., center of gravity) on any surface, S, of the workpiece are determined using the following:<br />

⎛�S⎞ ⎛�S⎞ © 2001 by CRC Press LLC<br />

⎛�S⎞ �1, i<br />

�2, i<br />

�3, i<br />

�4, i<br />

�5, i<br />

�6, i<br />

�S<br />

� ⎛----- ⎞<br />

⎝�x⎠ �S<br />

� ⎛----- ⎞<br />

⎝�y⎠ �S<br />

� ⎛----- ⎞<br />

⎝�z⎠ j<br />

j<br />

j<br />

( PCY � Ycg) �S ⎛----- ⎞ ( PCZ � Z<br />

⎝�z⎠ cg)<br />

�S<br />

�<br />

� ⎛----- ⎞<br />

⎝�y⎠ (3.13)<br />

where and are the components of the surface normal (i.e., ), i defines the<br />

fixture module number (i.e., number of wrenches), and j is the face number on the workpiece. It must<br />

be noted that the components of the moment about the assembly station coordinate frame may also be<br />

found using the above formulation by deleting the expressions for the center of gravity.<br />

The components of the wrenches are used to perform the kinematic analysis. The generalized screw<br />

system is used to determine the possible movement that the workpiece may have when it is partially or<br />

fully constrained in a fixture layout. The governing equation describing the virtual coefficient may be<br />

written in general form as24 -----<br />

⎝�x⎠j , -----<br />

⎝�y⎠j , -----<br />

⎝�z⎠j AXj , AYj , AZj (3.14)<br />

where w �� is the virtual coefficient for the twist, �, and the wrench, �, and n is the number of wrenches<br />

(i.e., fixture modules) in contact with the workpiece. The above formulation allows us to deal with the<br />

uni-directional nature of the constraints. 28 It also allows the identification of the specific contacts that<br />

may be broken for a given twist. The equations governing the virtual coefficients are formed for various<br />

stages of the fixturing process. These relationships include the following:<br />

(3.15)<br />

(3.16)<br />

(3.17)<br />

An important design criteria is that the fixture layout must provide for ease of loading and unloading.<br />

The robot or the manipulation arm is required to place the workpiece into the fixture layout from an<br />

outside location in the “free-space” region without jamming the workpiece in the layout. The fixture<br />

layout design must therefore accommodate an initial stage where the workpiece can be moved into<br />

the fixture layout location from an outside (i.e., free-space) location. This fixture layout will be referred<br />

to as the “initial” fixture layout, and it must guide and locate the workpiece into the desired position<br />

j<br />

( PCZ � Zcg) �S ⎛----- ⎞ ( PCX � X<br />

⎝�x⎠ cg)<br />

�S<br />

�<br />

� ⎛----- ⎞<br />

⎝�z⎠ j<br />

( PCX � Xcg) �S ⎛----- ⎞ ( PCX � Y<br />

⎝�y⎠ cg)<br />

�S<br />

�<br />

� ⎛----- ⎞<br />

⎝�x⎠ w�� � �n,1�4 � �n,2�5 � �n,3�6 � �n,4�1 � �n,5�2 � �n,6�3 w�� � 0 repelling screw pair<br />

w�� � ( 0)<br />

reciprocal screw pair<br />

w�� �<br />

0 contrary screw pair<br />

j<br />

j<br />

j<br />

j

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