Visualization Support for Virtual Redesign of Manufacturing Systems

Lindskog, Erik; Berglund, Jonatan; Vallhagen, Johan; Johansson, Björn

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2013.06.009

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“…3D laser scanning was conducted in the area allocated for installation of the new machines. Both a terrestrial laser scanner and a structured light hand held scanner was used [20]. Parts of the area contained existing, running, production equipment that had been marked for removal.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Development of virtual reality support to factory layout planning

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Berglund

Fast-Berglund

et al. 2019

Int J Interact Des Manuf

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Virtual reality (VR) technology has become ever mature today with affordable and yet powerful hardware. In the manufacturing industry, there is a growing interest of adopting VR to improve existing work procedures. Factory layout planning (FLP) is a long standing area in production engineering that sees great potentials of VR integration. Virtual reality supported layout planning (VLP) is gaining wider attention in research and practice as the virtual environment allows designers to test out "what if" scenarios in relative ease. However, previous research of VLP mostly focus on general layout planning but not the detailed level planning. Also, it is reported that the virtual modeling process is time-consuming and costly. In this study, we propose a point cloud based virtual factory modelling approach for the VLP tasks. It incorporates point cloud representation of physical environment with CAD data to model the virtual factory with the aims of simplifying the modelling process and improving decision-making for the VLP tasks. The proposed approach is exemplified and refined through three industrial cases. The implementations and results of the cases are highlighted and discussed in details. At the end, a general guidance for VLP is extracted and presented for future point cloud based VR support in FLP tasks.

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“…A rapidly changing market leads to the necessity of continuously adapting and developing production systems (Lindskog et al 2013). Therefore, factory upgrading as a mechanism to adapt to customer needs is another challenge Eutopia must address.…”

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Reyes‐Lecuona¹

2017

Dynamics of Long-Life Assets

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Industries involved in manufacturing and providing services for high-value, long-life products must address challenges related to upgrading their products once they are in operation. The aim of this chapter is to present some of those challenges, which have been addressed in the Use-it-Wisely (UIW) project using the tools and methods presented in this book. To outline these different challenges and how they are interrelated, an imaginary company is assumed, a European manufacturer producing high-investment equipment for customers worldwide. Their products are complex machinery with a long life cycle, and thus, an important part of the business is focused not only on manufacturing but also on inspection, maintenance, refurbishing, upgrading, and retirement. This chapter presents a brief description of its activities and business areas to highlight the main challenges that this company has to address in the current context of globalization, rapid change and high restrictions, together with other companies and stakeholders that define a value network. Finally, the chapter outlines how these challenges have been organized to discover key elements for addressing them. This organization is a result of the UIW-project.

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“…In a manufacturing company like GAN where layout of the production lines is changing constantly, the effect of having a fast accessible model like this is beneficial. M13 and M20 are interesting examples of models where point cloud technology is applied to shorten the first time creation time significantly compared to a 3D CAD model [8]. The cost/value balance then becomes more positive.…”

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“…M13 shows a 3D scan of a production area with a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model of a new machine integrated. Lindskog et al created the model as part of a visualization study [7] [8]. We used the model to explore alternative placements for the new machine in a meeting session with the production manager, machine operators, and the investment project leader.…”

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8.3.1 Increasing the value of model‐assisted communication: Modeling for understanding, exploration and verification in production line design projects

Stalsberg

Müller

2014

INCOSE International Symp

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Abstract.Modeling and visualization is a common tool in the systems engineering process used to validate assumptions, increase understanding, synchronize views, and support decisions. The architect can apply models to support different purposes through all phases of a project.In this paper, we analyze model usage in production line improvement projects at GKN Aerospace Norway (GAN). We apply modeling in the understanding phase, exploration phase and verification phase of various projects. Our goal is to identify factors in the applied models that affect the models' success rate. Further, we explore how the importance of the identified factors varies in the different modeling phases. We also discuss how much effort the architect should invest in model creation.Among the impact factors we discuss are: a models ability to be instantly edited, visual attributes like how close to reality the model appears, a model's level of details and assumptions, and how personally relevant the model content is. Observations and feedback captured during this study indicate how the importance of each identified impact factor varies relative to the modeling phase. We also suggest that the resources spent on model creation should be in accordance with the intended value of the output from the model. By understanding how and when to use the impact factors discussed in this study, the architect will be better suited to make the proper design choices during model creation, and be able to provide more effective model-assisted communication.

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Visualization Support for Virtual Redesign of Manufacturing Systems

Cited by 25 publications

References 10 publications

Development of virtual reality support to factory layout planning

Development of virtual reality support to factory layout planning

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8.3.1 Increasing the value of model‐assisted communication: Modeling for understanding, exploration and verification in production line design projects

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