Design and implementation scheme for an alternate process planning system—A-CAPPS
Computers in Industry
A collaborative process planning and scheduling system
Advances in Engineering Software - Special issue: computer-aided process planning
Methods to improve the response time of a CAPP system that generates non-linear process plans
Advances in Engineering Software - Special issue: computer-aided process planning
A generic Petri net model for dynamic process planning and sequence optimization
Advances in Engineering Software - Special issue: computer-aided process planning
A symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the integration of process planning and job shop scheduling
Computers and Operations Research
Knowledge representation for automated process planning
ISATP '95 Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning
Evaluating the impact of alternative plans on manufacturing performance
Computers and Industrial Engineering
A model for generating optimal process plans in RMS
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing - Digital Enterprise Technology: Perspectives and Future Challenges
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A computer-aided process planning (CAPP) and machine assignment system, capable of coping with the changes in products and system, are required for reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) or other dynamic manufacturing environments. The capabilities of the machines and manufacturing systems in RMS change with each configuration. An approach is presented for selecting the different types of machine(s) and their appropriate configurations to produce different types of parts and features, according to the required machine capabilities. The structure of the machine tool is represented in a kinematic chain-like format that captures the number, type and order of different axes of motion on both the tool or workpiece side for the machine. The proposed method is illustrated with an example. More than one minimum machine configuration may be generated for a single-operation cluster, which increases the flexibility in machine tool selection. The developed approach is general in nature and not limited to RMS. It is applicable to any manufacturing system where dynamic and flexible process planning and machine assignments are required. It could serve as an important tool in aiding the machine assignment/selection and process planning activities at the initial stages of manufacturing systems design and subsequent changes in products scope, and facilities expansion, downsizing and modification.