Assembly simulation development and validation project with industrial applications

Abstract

Full digitalization has been applied more intensively in the automotive industry. The virtual engineering of single part is established since many years. Currently, the digital process chain is expanding to the assembly process. The assembly engineering teams should be effectively supported to define the assembly process; the assembly process should make products that fulfil the required quality requirements. A detailed simulation representing the future assembly process has to be setup. In an early phase based on CAD data, in the course of the engineering process the model can be enriched with forming simulation data and even real measurement data. Based on the assembly definition, critical issues can be identified and fixed already in the virtual world. Detailed evaluation of the geometrical deviation of the assembly can be made. This methodology is validated on an industrial automotive component.