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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 522572-522572.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2018.22572

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A review of parallel kinematic mechanism technology for aircraft assembly

PAN Guowei, CHEN Wenliang, WANG Min   

  1. College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
  • Received:2018-07-28 Revised:2018-08-20 Online:2019-01-15 Published:2018-10-10
  • Supported by:
    Funding of Jiangsu Innovation Program for Graduate Education (KYLX15_0299)

Abstract: The closed-form chain structure provides the parallel mechanism with good precision, stiffness and dynamic performance, meeting the precision and efficiency requirements for aircraft assembly. Therefore, the automatic assembly equipment with parallel kinematic mechanism as the main component is more and more applied to aircraft assembly. Firstly, the current situation of parallel mechanism and the new characteristics of aircraft assembly are summarized, analyzing the advantages of parallel kinematic mechanism in aircraft assembly. Secondly, the domestic and foreign research on parallel kinematic mechanism in aircraft assembly is summarized from the component parts manufacture and pose/position adjustment. Thirdly, the main research problems of parallel kinematic mechanism are discussed. The key technologies of parallel mechanism in aircraft assembly are analyzed in detail from four aspects, including reconfigurable design, performance evaluation and optimization design, precision modeling and force/position coordinative control. Finally, the future development direction and opportunities of parallel mechanism in aircraft assembly are prospected.

Key words: aircraft assembly, parallel kinematic mechanism, reconfigurable, performance evaluation, optimal design, precision modeling, force/position coordinative control

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