Product family-based assembly sequence design methodology

Product Family-Based Assembly Sequence Design Methodology

Efforts taken by manufacturing companies to meet the increasing demand for product variety oilen lead to a proliferation of subassemblies. In this paper, we show that careii..d design of product assembly sequence helps create generic subassemblies that reduce subassembly proliferation and the cost of offering product variety. This approach of designing the assembly sequence to maximize the bene...

A Rule Based Assembly Sequence Generation Method for Product Design

In concurrent engineering, the integration of the designers’ knowledge and experience, and computer technology into the design process is very important to improve design quality and production efficiency. A feasible design alternative that follows the design rules for assembly will make product manufacturing and assembly more successful. However, designers seldom consider assembly problems in ...

A methodology for knowledge discovery to support product family design

Modular Platform-based Product Family Design

In this paper we present a method for designing families of products built onto modular platforms. A product platform is the set of components and subsystems shared across multiple products offered by a firm. A modular platform is one that allows for swapping of modules to configure multiple products in a family. The problem of designing a family of products based on such a platform is formulat...

A Constraint-Based Methodology For Product Design With Virtual Reality

This paper presents a constraint-based methodology for product design with advanced virtual reality technologies. A hierarchically structured and constraintbased data model is developed to support product design from features to parts and further to assemblies in a VR environment. Product design in the VR environment is performed in an intuitive manner through precise constraint-based manipulat...