Automatic Adjustment of Car Body Fixtures Using Artificial Intelligence

In car-body production, the fixtures used for fixing the car-body panels during the joining pro-cesses predominantly consist of rigid constructions that require a time-consuming manual set-up process. To automate the adjustment process and reduce ramp up times, different adjustment modules have been developed at the Fraunhofer IWU in order to meet specific requirements. Because of high quality requirements, produced components will be checked against an adjustment database. The exactly positioning for each clamping point will be derived, with the aid of mathematical algorithms and modern methods of artificial intelligence, based on measured values and the knowledge of the template technicians.