Expert fixture-design system for an automated manufacturing environment

Kumar, A. Senthil; Nee, A.Y.C.; Prombanpong, Suksan

doi:10.1016/0010-4485(92)90049-g

Cited by 72 publications

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“…Stage et al [23] proposed a machining resourcebased, objective driven and hence flexible method for embedding manufacturing knowledge into a machining feature generation process. Chu and Gadh [24], Kumar et al [25], and Subrahmanyam [26] discussed that fixturing features should be generated from the considerations of minimizing set-ups, preventing interferences and providing sufficient clamping forces and moments. These research works demonstrate that feature is not a pure geometric concept, feature semantics must be considered when defining and using application features.…”

Section: Related Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Change propagation algorithm in a unified feature modeling scheme

Chen

Thimm

2008

Computers in Industry

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Section: Related Researchmentioning

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Change propagation algorithm in a unified feature modeling scheme

Chen

Thimm

2008

Computers in Industry

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“…Features are also used in other process planning activities, such as fixturability analysis (Kumar et al 1992;Chu and Gadh 1996), as well as in other manufacturing processes, such as casting (Stefano 1997).…”

Section: Machining Featuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Paradigm shift: unified and associative feature-based concurrent and collaborative engineering

Chen

Thimm

2008

J Intell Manuf

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With widely used concurrent and collaborative engineering technologies, the validity and consistency of product information become important. In order to establish the state of the art, this paper reviews emerging concurrent and collaborative engineering approaches and emphasizes on the integration of different application systems across product life cycle management (PLM) stages. It is revealed that checking product information validity is difficult for the current computer-aided systems because engineering intent is at best partially represented in product models. It is also not easy to maintain the consistency among related product models because information associations are not established. The purpose of this review is to identify and analyze research issues with respect to information integration and sharing for future concurrent and collaborative engineering. A new paradigm of research from the angle of feature unification and association for product modeling and manufacturing is subsequently proposed.Keywords Concurrent and collaborative engineering · Feature-based design and manufacturing · Product life cycle modeling · Information validity and consistency

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“…The literature on locating thick-walled rigid objects is sufficiently rich and will not be expanded upon in this paper [14][15][16]. Herein, we will only refer to research on the reconflguration of thin-walled flexible objects [5,[17][18][19].…”

Section: Fixture Reconfigurationmentioning

confidence: 99%