ABSTRACT

The inspection process is one of the most important steps in manufacturing industries because it safeguards high quality products and customer satisfaction. Manual inspection may not provide the desired accuracy. This book introduces and implements a new methodology and develops the supporting technologies for automated inspection planning based on Computer Aided Design (CAD) models. It also provides and implements an efficient link for automated operation based on Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). The link’s output is a DMIS code programming file based on the inspection planning table that is executed on CMM.

chapter 1|18 pages

Computer-Based Design and Features

chapter 2|34 pages

Methodologies of Feature Representations

chapter 3|20 pages

Automated Feature Recognition

chapter 4|26 pages

Data Transfer in CAD/CAM Systems

chapter 5|20 pages

Coordinate Measuring Machine

chapter 6|34 pages

Computer-Aided Inspection Planning

chapter 7|28 pages

Automatic Feature Extraction