TY - JOUR
T1 - Systematic modeling and reusing of process knowledge for rapid process configuration
AU - Zheng, L Y
AU - Dong, H F
AU - Vichare, Parag
AU - Nassehi, Aydin
AU - Newman, Stephen
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Rapid product development relies heavily on quick and reliable process planning and knowledge reuse. Process configuration borrows the principles of product configuration and applies them to process planning. It allows the reuse of hierarchical, historical and case-based manufacturing process knowledge to generate process plans efficiently and effectively. This paper presents a systematic knowledge model for manufacturing process cases. The model represents process knowledge at different levels of granularity and to facilitate process configuration. With this knowledge model the process knowledge is categorized into 6 levels: (i) core process skeletons, (ii) process networks, (iii) process routes, (iv) process segments, (v) processes/workplan, and (vi) operations/working step. Based on the systematic knowledge model, this paper also proposes an approach to achieve rapid process configuration by reusing the process knowledge and by performing the involved configuration rules so as to create an appropriate, reliable and effective process plan. The prototype for a graphical process planner based on this knowledge model is developed and an aerospace example is used to validate the proposed process knowledge model and process configuration. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Rapid product development relies heavily on quick and reliable process planning and knowledge reuse. Process configuration borrows the principles of product configuration and applies them to process planning. It allows the reuse of hierarchical, historical and case-based manufacturing process knowledge to generate process plans efficiently and effectively. This paper presents a systematic knowledge model for manufacturing process cases. The model represents process knowledge at different levels of granularity and to facilitate process configuration. With this knowledge model the process knowledge is categorized into 6 levels: (i) core process skeletons, (ii) process networks, (iii) process routes, (iv) process segments, (v) processes/workplan, and (vi) operations/working step. Based on the systematic knowledge model, this paper also proposes an approach to achieve rapid process configuration by reusing the process knowledge and by performing the involved configuration rules so as to create an appropriate, reliable and effective process plan. The prototype for a graphical process planner based on this knowledge model is developed and an aerospace example is used to validate the proposed process knowledge model and process configuration. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Process configuration
KW - STEP
KW - Product family
KW - Process planning
KW - Knowledge reuse
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=50349099159&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2008.03.006
U2 - 10.1016/j.rcim.2008.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.rcim.2008.03.006
M3 - Article
VL - 24
SP - 763
EP - 772
JO - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
JF - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
IS - 6
ER -