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Automated Tolerance Analysis of Mechanical Assembly Using STEP AP 242 Managed Model-Based 3D Engineering

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Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing

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Tolerance analyses of mechanical assembly play a very crucial role as the accumulation of tolerance affects the functionality of the product in actual service conditions. There are various methods that can be applied to a mechanical assembly to perform tolerance analysis. With the advancement in computer technology and the advent of numerous CAD packages, there is a scope to automate the process of tolerance analysis. This paper is focused on the automation of tolerance analysis using STEP AP 242 Managed Model-Based 3D Engineering. An attempt to automate the process of tolerance analysis is reported in this paper for a mechanical assembly with GD&T using matrix method by means of a software module developed in Python.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

    O. V. S. Praveen, Bandaru Dileep, Satya Gayatri, K. Deepak Lawrence & R. Manu

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  1. Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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  2. Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Praveen, O.V.S., Dileep, B., Gayatri, S., Deepak Lawrence, K., Manu, R. (2021). Automated Tolerance Analysis of Mechanical Assembly Using STEP AP 242 Managed Model-Based 3D Engineering. In: Chakrabarti, A., Arora, M. (eds) Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5689-0_14

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