Assembly method
First Claim
1. A method of locating an assembly point on a first part, at which assembly point the first part is to be joined to a second part, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring and determining an assembly location coincident with the second part;
measuring a portion of a surface of the first part, the surface being spaced away from the second part, so as to define the position and orientation of the surface;
calculating as the assembly point on the surface of the first part a point at which the surface of the first part is intersected perpendicularly by a vector passing through the determined assembly location; and
indicating the calculated assembly point on the surface of the first part.
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Abstract
A method of locating an assembly point (P) on a first part (40), at which assembly point the first part is to be joined to a second part (1), the method comprising the steps of: determining an assembly location (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) in respect of the second part; measuring a portion (42a, 42b, 42c) of a surface (43) of the first part, the surface being spaced away from the second part, so as to define the position and orientation of the surface; and, calculating the assembly point on the surface of the first part, where the surface of the first part is intersected by a vector (N) passing between the determined assembly location and the surface of the first part.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of locating an assembly point on a first part, at which assembly point the first part is to be joined to a second part, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring and determining an assembly location coincident with the second part;
measuring a portion of a surface of the first part, the surface being spaced away from the second part, so as to define the position and orientation of the surface;
calculating as the assembly point on the surface of the first part a point at which the surface of the first part is intersected perpendicularly by a vector passing through the determined assembly location; and
indicating the calculated assembly point on the surface of the first part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of locating an assembly point on a first part, through which the first part is to be joined to a second part, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining an assembly location coincident with the second part;
offering up the first part for assembly with the second part, the first part overlying the determined assembly location;
measuring a portion of a surface of the first part spaced away from the second part so as to define position and orientation of the surface;
calculating the assembly point on the surface of the first part a point at which the surface of the first part is intersected perpendicularly by a vector passing through the determined assembly location; and
indicating the calculated assembly point on the surface of the first part.
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