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Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: From Design to ImplementationDesign of Architecture and Physical Configuration for RMT/RMS: Modelling of Machines, Workpieces, Manufacturing Operations and Process

Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: From Design to Implementation: Design of Architecture and... [This chapter is dealing with the designDesign of the architecture and physical configurationConfiguration of a reconfigurable machine tool (RMT)Reconfigurable Machine Tool (RMT) as well as reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS)Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS) based on modellingModelling and tools which allow describing functional modules, machines, parts and processProcess plans. The relevant parameters for the purpose are defined and can be used in the frame of a methodology based on a parsimony approach, so several configurations are obtained and after that used for designing the optimized final system by taking into account of logistical and economicEconomic constraints linked to the products to be manufacture. So, the product family which can be manufactured on the system is defined and it will be easy to know if a new product can be manufactured on the system or it will necessary to change the system confirmation. The methodology for designing production system is mainly based on a homogeneous matrix for describing the machine structure and manufacturingManufacturing features for describing parts in terms of geometrical data. The technological knowledge is formalized into the features and the rules used for processProcessplanProcess plan generation. After that, the models can be used for geometrical and kinematicKinematicsimulationSimulation which allows getting a 3D model of the system and the geometric qualityQuality expected.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: From Design to ImplementationDesign of Architecture and Physical Configuration for RMT/RMS: Modelling of Machines, Workpieces, Manufacturing Operations and Process

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
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978-3-030-28781-8
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57 –87
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10.1007/978-3-030-28782-5_4
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[This chapter is dealing with the designDesign of the architecture and physical configurationConfiguration of a reconfigurable machine tool (RMT)Reconfigurable Machine Tool (RMT) as well as reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS)Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS) based on modellingModelling and tools which allow describing functional modules, machines, parts and processProcess plans. The relevant parameters for the purpose are defined and can be used in the frame of a methodology based on a parsimony approach, so several configurations are obtained and after that used for designing the optimized final system by taking into account of logistical and economicEconomic constraints linked to the products to be manufacture. So, the product family which can be manufactured on the system is defined and it will be easy to know if a new product can be manufactured on the system or it will necessary to change the system confirmation. The methodology for designing production system is mainly based on a homogeneous matrix for describing the machine structure and manufacturingManufacturing features for describing parts in terms of geometrical data. The technological knowledge is formalized into the features and the rules used for processProcessplanProcess plan generation. After that, the models can be used for geometrical and kinematicKinematicsimulationSimulation which allows getting a 3D model of the system and the geometric qualityQuality expected.]

Published: Oct 20, 2019

Keywords: Architectural modelling; Machine tool description; Manufacturing features; Process planning; Reconfigurable machine tools and systems

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