Accurate simulation provides a significant means for cost reduction during planning and operation of manufacturing installations. Within the projects Realistic Robot Simulation the standards Robot Controller Simulation (RCS) Interface and Virtual Robot Controller (VRC) Interface were defined by international consortia of leading car makers, robot and simulator manufacturers and line builders, w...

Production of a new mechanism involves design, manufacturing and testing phases. In order to achieve shorter turn-around times, researchers have studied methods of shortening these phases. Today, structural tests and simulations conducted in virtual environments prior to manufacturing are a part of most of the standard production processes. However, in robot production not only the structural a...

The present paper deals less with Grid computing than with other aspects of this conference, namely numerical software. The goal of our work is to use mathematical modeling and computer simulation to avoid building nonproduction prototypes in manufacturing processes. Of particular interest is to eliminate prototypes associated with painting processes used in the automotive industry. Since paint...

Assembly plays an important role in any production system as it constitutes a significant portion of the lead time and cost of a product. Virtual computer-integrated manufacturing (VCIM) system is a modern production system being conceptually developed to extend the application of traditional computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) system to global level. Assembly scheduling in VCIM systems is ...

Outsourcing is a major driver in the growth of Virtual Organisations (VOs) in the manufacturing domain. These outsourcing networks can be classified as Virtual Organisations (VOs) as they are created from different organisational entities for a specific purpose and exist for a specified period of time. The electronics industry is in the vanguard with a projected 23% of electronics manufacturing...

Designing modern machine tools is a complex task. A simulation tool to aid the design work, a virtual machine, has therefore been developed in earlier work. The virtual machine considers the interaction between the mechanics of the machine (including structural flexibility) and the control system. This paper exemplifies the usefulness of the virtual machine as a tool for product development. An...

Currently, most researchers find out that Virtual Reality (VR)systemsare now a highly implemented inautomotiveindustry especially in design and development process. The automotive industry was amongst applied this technology since VR was developed. In the real manufacturing practice, they need to cater the demand in shortening the production time. Therefore, the VR systems becomea crucial stage...