An Internet-Based System for Setup Planning in Machining Operations

  • Authors:

  • Gaoliang Peng;Wenjian Liu;Xutang Zhang

  • Affiliations:

  • Harbin Institute of Technology;Harbin Institute of Technology;Harbin Institute of Technology

  • Venue:
  • ICECCS '05 Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Setup planning is a complex and intuitive process. An efficient setup planning system is essential to cut costs and to reduce lead-time. In this paper, an integrated system based on Internet for setup planning is presented. The system is implemented based on a simple three-tier thin client-fat server architecture. The utilizing of (eXtensible Modeling Language) XML as a file format provides means for the transfer of information between various manufacturing systems. A methodology for setup planning is also presented, and in which the machining precedence, tolerance requirement and fixturing constraints are taken into consideration. Hence, a practical and global optimal setup plan along with fixturing features in each setup will be generated by this methodology. A case study is presented to illustrate the proposed system and to show the effectiveness of the presented setup planning methodology.