Automatic Assembly: Using Bolts and Screws.

Automation is a high priority in manufacturing today. In particular, the conditions required to automate assembly by means of bolts and screws are of interest. In devising an assembly process, the goal is to obtain the final product in the shortest time at minimal cost. As an example, attention focuses on the possibility of automating assembly on the basis of boundary conditions such that components are satisfactorily combined by means of bolts and screws. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]