Decision Support System for Joint Product Design and Reconfiguration of Production Systems

S. Ehsan Hashemi-Petroodi, Clemens Gonnermann, Magdalena Paul, Simon Thevenin, Alexandre Dolgui, Gunther Reinhart

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Abstract

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) are designed to be able to be reconfigured to produce new items. Nevertheless, reconfigurations of a RMS may be time consuming and costly if they are not considered since early steps of new item design. This work describes a decision support system to automatically generate and test configurations for such RMSs based on a computer-aided design (CAD) model of a new product. The proposed methodology consists of two main steps. First, a matrix of possible assembly plans (taking into account resource/tool compatibility, geometric constraints, ...) is generated with a skill-based comparison between the new item and the production resources. Second, the assembly plan with minimum reconfiguration cost is found through mathematical optimization. The solution is analyzed by a simulation model in the end. Experiments performed on small use case validate the proposed methodology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Production Management Systems. Production Management for the Factory of the Future - IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2019, Proceedings
EditorsFarhad Ameri, Kathryn E. Stecke, Gregor von Cieminski, Dimitris Kiritsis
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages231-238
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783030299996
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventIFIP WG 5.7 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2019 - Austin, United States
Duration: 1 Sep 20195 Sep 2019

Publication series

NameIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume566
ISSN (Print)1868-4238
ISSN (Electronic)1868-422X

Conference

ConferenceIFIP WG 5.7 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period1/09/195/09/19

Keywords

  • CAD model
  • Decision support system
  • Optimization
  • Production graph
  • Reconfigurable manufacturing system
  • Skill-based approach

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