DEVELOPING AN INTELLIGENT DIGITAL MOCK UP TO INTEGRATE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING DISCIPLINES
Summary
This paper presents an approach to develop an intelligent digital mock-up (DMU) through integration of design and manufacturing disciplines to enable a better understanding of assembly related issues during design evolution.... [ view full abstract ]
This paper presents an approach to develop an intelligent digital mock-up (DMU) through integration of design and manufacturing disciplines to enable a better understanding of assembly related issues during design evolution. The intelligent DMU will contain tolerance information related to manufacturing capabilities so it can be used as a source for assembly simulations of realistic models to support the manufacturing decision making process within the design domain related to tolerance build ups. A literature review of the contributing research areas is presented, from which identification of the need for an intelligent DMU has been developed. The proposed methodology including the applications of cellular modelling and potential features of the intelligent DMU are presented and explained. Finally a conclusion examines the work to date and the future work to achieve an intelligent DMU.
Authors
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Imelda Friel
(Queen’s University Belfast)
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Adelaide Marzano
(Queen’s University Belfast)
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Joe Butterfield
(Queen’s University Belfast)
Topic Area
Design for Manufacture
Session
Session 2E » Session 2E: Design for Manufacture (15:15 - Friday, 4th September, Lecture Theatre 2014)
Paper
IMC32_Imelda_Friel.pdf