Simulation modelling in virtual manufacturing analysis for integrated product and process design

Chan, Danny S.K.

doi:10.1108/01445150310460114

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“…AR has been developed since the early 90s, but has only recently been emerging as one of the forefront of technology, mainly due to the rise of popularity in smartphones and tablets5. Some of the systems that have been developed for production process are related to layout planning678910, product design1112131415, assembly1617181920, robot programming212223242526, and autonomous machining3272829. This proves that AR can be applied in many fields of research and even in consumer products due to the lower system requirement being one of the main contributing factors.…”

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Virtual Planning, Control, and Machining for a Modular-Based Automated Factory Operation in an Augmented Reality Environment

Pai

Yap

Dawal

et al. 2016

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This study presents a modular-based implementation of augmented reality to provide an immersive experience in learning or teaching the planning phase, control system, and machining parameters of a fully automated work cell. The architecture of the system consists of three code modules that can operate independently or combined to create a complete system that is able to guide engineers from the layout planning phase to the prototyping of the final product. The layout planning module determines the best possible arrangement in a layout for the placement of various machines, in this case a conveyor belt for transportation, a robot arm for pick-and-place operations, and a computer numerical control milling machine to generate the final prototype. The robotic arm module simulates the pick-and-place operation offline from the conveyor belt to a computer numerical control (CNC) machine utilising collision detection and inverse kinematics. Finally, the CNC module performs virtual machining based on the Uniform Space Decomposition method and axis aligned bounding box collision detection. The conducted case study revealed that given the situation, a semi-circle shaped arrangement is desirable, whereas the pick-and-place system and the final generated G-code produced the highest deviation of 3.83 mm and 5.8 mm respectively.

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Virtual Planning, Control, and Machining for a Modular-Based Automated Factory Operation in an Augmented Reality Environment

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Dawal

et al. 2016

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“…Using a virtual environment reduces the risk connected to production changes, production planning time, and cost, while improving the process ergonomic safety [28,29]. There are various software programs available for simulating manufacturing production lines, and one of the most common is Siemens Tecnomatix software (version 11.1,80, Siemens, Munich, BY, Germany, 2012).…”

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“…As mentioned before, all the assembly line parts should be prepared in the format required by the NX software and then imported into Process Simulate, including the gripper parts. In order to simplify the kinematic representation of the gripper in Process Simulate [29], static and dynamic links should be defined, as shown in Figure 8. The model of the gripper components is subdivided into seven parts, including one link that belongs to the base part which has static link characteristics, five links that belong to the finger part and have dynamic link characteristics, and one link that belongs to the screw part and has dynamic link characteristics.…”

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Safety Design and Development of a Human-Robot Collaboration Assembly Process in the Automotive Industry

2018

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Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is a complex procedure in manufacturing due to the problems posed by compatibility and operational safety among humans and robots, and by task definitions among them in a collaborative order. In this paper, the research results of the human-robot collaboration study for the case of an automotive brake disc assembly is presented. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is proposed as a decision-making method for the human-robot collaboration system, and detailed hierarchical task analysis (HTA) is applied to allocate operational tasks to humans and robots, thus reducing the chance of duty interference. Additionally, a virtual environment software (Tecnomatix Process Simulate, version 11.1,80, Siemens, Munich, BY, Germany, 2012) is used to model the assembly workstation, providing an opportunity to evaluate the feasibility of the process through different scenarios. Finally, an experimental test is conducted to evaluate the performance of the assembly procedure. This research proves that, although human-robot collaboration increases the total process time slightly, this collaboration improves human ergonomics considerably and reduces the operator injury risk.

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“…Chan [49] presents graphical simulation models for the use in manufacturing scenarios not limited to AM. Such models must be adopted to contain virtual production entities like the ones provided by CM.…”

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Additive Manufacturing, Cloud-Based 3D Printing and Associated Services—Overview

Baumann

Roller

2017

JMMP

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Cloud Manufacturing (CM) is the concept of using manufacturing resources in a service-oriented way over the Internet. Recent developments in Additive Manufacturing (AM) are making it possible to utilise resources ad-hoc as replacements for traditional manufacturing resources in case of spontaneous problems in the established manufacturing processes. In order to be of use in these scenarios, the AM resources must adhere to a strict principle of transparency and service composition in adherence to the Cloud Computing (CC) paradigm. With this review, we provide an overview of CM, AM and relevant domains as well as presenting the historical development of scientific research in these fields, from 2002 to 2016. Part of this work is also a meta-review on the domain to further detail its development and structure.

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Simulation modelling in virtual manufacturing analysis for integrated product and process design

Cited by 25 publications

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Virtual Planning, Control, and Machining for a Modular-Based Automated Factory Operation in an Augmented Reality Environment

Virtual Planning, Control, and Machining for a Modular-Based Automated Factory Operation in an Augmented Reality Environment

Safety Design and Development of a Human-Robot Collaboration Assembly Process in the Automotive Industry

Additive Manufacturing, Cloud-Based 3D Printing and Associated Services—Overview

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