As the complexity of electronic systems grows, the traditional design practice, a sequential process, is replaced by concurrent design methodologies. A major advantage of concurrent design is that the feedback from software and manufacturing engineers can be easily incorporated into the design. The implementation of concurrent engineering methodologies is greatly facilitated by employing the la...

This paper describes the virtual assembly automation systems, as decision support systems, for the better knowledge of assembly operation. The study of this procedure is described as well as the necessity for assembly systems design. The work draws on research into product and manufacturing knowledge models. In this paper, the authors have proposed a virtual prototype model for assembly system ...

The competitive development and optimization of manufacturing systems challenge the collaboration and innovation of enterprises. Different information, thinking, and points of view have to be exchanged across engineering, decision-making, and executive levels safely and effectively. The Virtual Reality (VR) technologies provide the users advanced Human-Computer-Interfaces for designing, analyzi...

AbstractGlobalization and rapid technological changes have led to increased customer requirements an intensified competition. To remain cost-efficient, manufacturing companies move from traditional systems towards flexible systems. Reconfigurable proven be effective way of adapting the rapidly changing market conditions. Although, increasing interest in this topic is visible academics industria...

The use of virtual prototyping tools typically results in products with lower costs, better quality, and shorter development cycles. However, there are many interface/ configuration problems that occur in the process of obtaining a design solution using the typical gamut of virtual prototyping tools. This paper presents the architecture, design, and implementation of a framework to support the ...

Abstract: Manufacturing systems are often costly to develop and operate. Simulation technology has been demonstrated to be an effective tool for improving the efficiency of manufacturing system design, operation, and maintenance. But manufacturing simulations are usually developed to address a narrow set of industrial issues, e.g., the purchase of new equipment or the modification of a manufact...

Virtual Reality (VR) or Virtual Environment (VE) is a type of human-computer interface that aims at creating the illusion of the user being immersed in a computer generated reality, providing a more direct communication link between users and the problem environment modelled by the computer system [Figuerido 1993]. Virtual Environments have been used to extend scientific visualisation. VE offer...

New environmental characteristics and requirements have challenged manufacturing enterprises to improve the efficiency and productivity of their production activities. Cellular manufacturing (CM) as one of the solutions to this problem, as implementation of Group technology (GT), was proposed. Performance of cellular manufacturing systems depends heavily on the cell structure. In this paper we ...

In today’s markets, non-uniform, customized products complicate the manufacturing processes significantly. In this paper, we propose a cellular manufacturing system design model to manage product variety by integrating with the technology selection decision. The proposed model determines the product families and machine groups while deciding the technology of each cell individually. Hedging aga...

Global competition and rapidly changing customer requirements are forcing major changes in the production styles and configuration of manufacturing organizations. Traditional centralised manufacturing systems are not able to meet such requirements. This paper proposes an agent-based approach for dynamically creating and managing agent communities in such widely distributed and ever-changing man...