CAD-Based Automated Assembly Planning for Variable Products in Modular Production Systems

Joachim Michniewicz, Gunther Reinhart, Stefan Boschert

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Abstract

The paper presents an approach allowing to utilize the flexibility of modular and reconfigurable production systems for the automated assembly of multi-variant products. Required assembly processes as well as valid assembly orders are automatically extracted from the CAD-file of the individual product. Assembly processes are described as skills and are automatically assigned to capable production resources after a simulative verification, generating an optimal assembly plan. The described planning process takes the properties and geometry of production resources, their mutual interactions as well as the layout and feasible material paths of the entire production system into account.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)44-49
Number of pages6
JournalProcedia CIRP
Volume44
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event6th CIRP Conference on Assembly Technologies and Systems, CATS 2016 - Gothenburg, Sweden
Duration: 16 May 201618 May 2016

Keywords

  • assembly
  • computer aided design (CAD)
  • mass customization
  • production planning

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