A new philosophy for the design of a product and its assembly line

Author

De Lit, Pierre ; Rekiek, Brahim ; Pellichero, Fabrice ; Delchambre, Alain ; Danloy, J.-F. ; Petit, Frederic ; Leroy, Andre ; Maree, Jean-Francois ; Spineux, Alain ; Raucent, Benoit

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Mech., Brussels Univ., Belgium

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

381

Lastpage

386

Abstract

The main objective of the research presented is to develop a new philosophy for product and assembly line design. Most methodologies usually do not consider the interaction between the two design processes in presence. Moreover, most concurrent engineering approaches do not deal with multi-variant products. A research project was initiated to tackle this problem. The computer tool under development, called CISAL, is applicable to multi-variant products, leading to a unique assembly line for all variants. It is subdivided into three main modules, with possible feedback between them: product analysis, operating modes and assembly techniques, and line layout. We present the framework of this project and the underlying methodology

Keywords

CAD; assembly planning; computer aided production planning; concurrent engineering; product development; CISAL; assembly line; concurrent design; line layout; multiple variant products; operating modes; product analysis; product design; Assembly; Communication effectiveness; Concurrent engineering; Costs; Feedback; Manufacturing industries; Process design; Product design; Production; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Assembly and Task Planning, 1999. (ISATP '99) Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Porto

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5704-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISATP.1999.782988

Filename

782988