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Abstract
Thermal effects in uncontrolled factory environments are often the largest source of uncertainty in large volume dimensional metrology. As the standard temperature for metrology of 20°C cannot be achieved practically or economically in many manufacturing facilities, the characterisation and modelling of temperature offers a solution for improving the uncertainty of dimensional measurement and quantifying thermal variability in large assemblies. Technologies that currently exist for temperature measurement in the range of 0-50°C have been presented alongside discussion of these temperature measurement technologies' usefulness for monitoring temperatures in a manufacturing context. Particular aspects of production where the technology could play a role are highlighted as well as practical considerations for deployment. Contact sensors such as platinum resistance thermometers can produce accuracy closest to the desired accuracy given the most challenging measurement conditions calculated to be ∼0.02°C. Non-contact solutions would be most practical in the light controlled factory (LCF) and semi-invasive appear least useful but all technologies can play some role during the initial development of thermal variability models.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 114-121 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Procedia CIRP |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | C |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Event | 8th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology (DET), 2014 - Stuttgart, Germany Duration: 25 Mar 2014 → 28 Mar 2014 |
Keywords
- Light controlled factory (LCF)
- Temperature measurement
- Thermal modelling
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The Light-Controlled Factory
Keogh, P. (PI), Knight, J. (CoI), Maropoulos, P. (CoI), Mullineux, G. (CoI) & Wadsworth, W. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
17/07/13 → 16/01/19
Project: Research council