Research on the Development of Spacecraft Assembly Tooling based on JACK

Abstract

With the rapid development of space industry in China, the configuration of spacecrafts becomes increasingly complex. During the process of the assembly of spacecrafts, such problems as narrow operation space, complex assembly path, and multiple work coupling operations are often encountered. The conditions are not suitable for the trial of the tooling, thus a strict requirement for the design of the tooling is highly demanded. This paper takes a certain model under a specific working condition as an example. By the sequence of the preliminary design of tooling configuration, JACK human factors simulation, iterative optimization of configuration design, tooling simulation application, and practical application in field, the development of tooling can be realized from beginning to end through this tooling development mode. Consequently, the assembly task of the specific model can be carried out successfully.