&lt;title&gt;Intelligent layout for modular design of machine tools&lt;/title&gt;

Ouyang, Miao-an; Yi, Chuanyun; Li, Chenggang; Zhou, Jing

doi:10.1117/12.217549

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“…Researchers at the University of Michigan further extrapolated this methodology into the fabrication of a library of precompiled mechanical modules from which machine tools may be assembled [5,9,11]. Supplementary to the organisation of mechanical modules into a library is the methodology of module enumeration developed by Ouyang et al [23]. Moon and Kota have developed a mathematical framework for the synthesis of a kinematically viable machine tool from a library of mechanical building blocks [10,24].…”

Section: Structural Design Methodologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modular Reconfigurable Machine Tools: Design, Control and Evaluation

Padayachee

Bright

Masekamela

2009

The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering

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The reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) paradigm encapsulates methodologies that enable manufacturing systems to cope effectively with market and product changes. This research presents the design and evaluation of modular reconfigurable machine (MRM) tools as a novel machining solution within the scope of RMS. Mechanical and control designs are presented, outlining the development of this novel machining system. The property of hardware modularity displayed by MRMs enables an adjustment of system functionality and the synergistic redistribution of system resources between production streams, thus facilitating inter-process capacity scaling. Scalable production capacity and adjustable system functionality are the key objectives of reconfigurable manufacturing. Index terms: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Modular Reconfigurable Machines, Open Architecture Control, Modular Machine Control OPSOMMINGDie paradigma van 'n herkonfigureerbare vervaardigingstelsel (HVS) bevat metodologieë waarmee vervaardigingstelsels kan tred hou met mark-en produkveranderings. Die navorsing hou die ontwerp en evaluering van modulêre masjiengereedskap voor as 'n nuwerwetse oplossing vir die herkonfigurasievraagstuk. Meganiese-en beheerontwerpe word voorgestel vir die ontwikkeling/ontplooiing van nuwe masjineringstelsels.Die modulêre eienskappe van 'n HVS werk stelselplooibaarheid in die hand via 'n sinergistiese herdistribusie van stelselbronne aan produksievloeie om sodoende verlangde proseskapasiteit tegemoet te kom.128

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Section: Structural Design Methodologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modular Reconfigurable Machine Tools: Design, Control and Evaluation

Padayachee

Bright

Masekamela

2009

The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering

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“…An overview of machine tool modular design was provided by Garro and Martin [10]. Later on, Ouyang et al [11] adapted Ito's method for modular machine tool synthesis and developed a method for enumerating machine tool modules. Zatarain et al [12] proposed a new method of modular machine tool synthesis using predetermined component information.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Method for Design of Modular Reconfigurable Machine Tools

Xu¹,

Liu

et al. 2017

Machines

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Presented in this paper is a method for the design of modular reconfigurable machine tools (MRMTs). An MRMT is capable of using a minimal number of modules through reconfiguration to perform the required machining tasks for a family of parts. The proposed method consists of three steps: module identification, module determination, and layout synthesis. In the first step, the module components are collected from a family of general-purpose machines to establish a module library. In the second step, for a given family of parts to be machined, a set of needed modules are selected from the module library to construct a desired reconfigurable machine tool. In the third step, a final machine layout is decided though evaluation by considering a number of performance indices. Based on this method, a software package has been developed that can design an MRMT for a given part family.

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