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FIGURE 3.12 Initial fixture layout and approach/departure vector.<br />

and orientation. Equation (3.15) is used to form the set of inequalities describing the initial fixture layout.<br />

Therefore, the vertical and horizontal supports will be included in the formulation as these are the only<br />

modules with which the workpiece will be in contact. This fixture layout requires that there be at least<br />

one non-zero twist repelling to all the wrenches exerted by support fixture modules. In other words, this<br />

set of inequalities must generally have a solution where � 1, � 2, and � 3 (i.e., rotational twist) are zero. Thus,<br />

there will be no rotational twist about the axes X, Y, and Z. However, there must be a twist repelling to<br />

all the wrenches such that � 4, � 5, and � 6 (i.e., linear twist) are non-zero, and the robot may approach the<br />

fixture layout from a free-space region to place the workpiece into the initial fixture layout. The approach<br />

and departure vector may be derived from this twist, as illustrated in Figure 3.12.<br />

Another important requirement of a fixture is that the workpiece must be located in a specific pose for<br />

presentation to the manufacturing device. In other words, during the cl<strong>amp</strong>ing operation the workpiece<br />

must be guided and constrained at the desired location where it would be in contact with all the fixture<br />

modules. Equation (3.16) may be used to form the set of equations describing the “final” fixture layout.<br />

This set of equations must have only a homogeneous solution where � 1, � 2, � 3, � 4, � 5, and � 6 must all be<br />

zero. This condition will provide for a null displacement. This means that there is no rotational twist<br />

about the axes X, Y, and Z, and no linear twist along the X, Y, and Z axes.<br />

Equation (3.17) must be satisfied when it is desirable to add additional wrenches to the set for<br />

constraining the workpiece, if it is not already constrained. This simply means that at any stage additional<br />

wrenches may be added to the set. However, these wrenches must form a contrary screw pair with the<br />

twist that is obtained for the initial fixture layout. This condition also implies that the positioning twist<br />

applied to the workpiece by the robot or the cl<strong>amp</strong>ing fixture modules must be contrary to the wrenches<br />

exerted by the initial fixture layout. Therefore, the contrary screw pair allows the formulation of wrenches<br />

from the initial to final fixture layouts. The system of linear inequalities that was formed by equations (3.15)<br />

through (3.17) may be solved using linear programming techniques.<br />

3.6 Fixture Layout Verification<br />

The solution of the linear inequalities can be obtained by a number of linear programming (LP) techniques.<br />

The simplex method is a good candidate for this. The solution obtained is simply the twist<br />

possible when the wrenches are acting on the workpiece because that is when the given set of fixture<br />

modules are in contact with the workpiece. The general linear programming problem can be stated as<br />

© 2001 by CRC Press LLC

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