Title :
A system for analyzing automatic assembly and disassembly operations
Author :
Mok, Swee M. ; Wu, Chi-haw ; Lee, D.T.
Author_Institution :
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL, USA
Abstract :
A system for evaluating products in their design phase has been developed. It is integrated into a CAD/CAM environment to calculate cost for assembling and disassembling parts. In previous work, a generic assembly and disassembly model was developed to represent operations required for product manufacturing and demanufacturing. To be useful, the model requires a method for translating high-level instructions from product designers into low-level assembly and disassembly instructions. This paper presents a set of rules for accomplishing this task. The developed rules are used for manipulating strings representing parts and handlers in binary assembly and disassembly operations. A telephone assembly and disassembly simulation is used to illustrate the developed system
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; assembly planning; CAD/CAM environment; automatic assembly operation analysis; automatic disassembly operation analysis; cost calculation; product demanufacturing; product design evaluation; product manufacturing; string manipulation; telephone assembly simulation; telephone disassembly simulation; Assembly systems; CADCAM; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Design automation; Joining processes; Manufacturing automation; Product design; Robotic assembly; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2000. Proceedings. ICRA '00. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5886-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2000.845307
