Concurrent engineering and integrated design have been a major issue over the past two decades especially considering design for X stakes. This paper describes a new proposal of integrated product-process design approach in order to improve the efficiency and the robustness of the assembly process planning phase. The proposed method illustrates how to consider functional requirements and technical constraints as early as possible to improve design principles and define the best assembly sequences fulfilling these requirements. Lastly, the proposed research is applied on an aeronautic case study for illustrating the potential benefits of such an approach in terms of taking account of assembly knowledge in the early product development stages.
1.
Westkämper
, E.
, 2003, “Assembly and Disassembly Processes in Product Life Cycle Perspective
,” CIRP Ann.
0007-8506, 52
(2
), pp. 579
–588
.2.
Wognum
, N.
, and Trappey
, A.
, 2008, “PLM Challenges
,” Adv. Eng. Inf.
1474-0346, 22
, pp. 419
–420
.3.
Rachuri
, S.
, Han
, Y. -H.
, Foufou
, S.
, Feng
, S. C.
, Roy
, U.
, Wang
, F.
, Sriram
, R. D.
, and Lyons
, K. W.
, 2006, “A Model for Capturing Product Assembly Information
,” ASME J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng.
1530-9827, 6
, pp. 11
–21
.4.
Boothroyd
, G.
, and Dewhurst
, P.
, 1983, Design for Assembly
, University of Massachusetts
, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Amherst, MA
.5.
Miyakawa
, S.
, and Ohashi
, T.
, 1986, “The Hitachi Assemblability Evaluation Method
,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Product Design for Assembly
.6.
Swift
, K.
, 1989, “Expert System Aids Design for Assembly
,” Assem. Autom.
0144-5154, 9
(3
), pp. 132
–136
.7.
Laperrière
, L.
, and ElMaraghy
, H. A.
, 1996, “GAPP: A Generative Assembly Process Planner
,” J. Manuf. Syst.
0278-6125, 15
(4
), pp. 282
–293
.8.
Su
, Q.
, 2009, “A Hierarchical Approach on Assembly Sequence Planning and Optimal Sequences Analyzing
,” Rob. Comput.-Integr. Manufact.
0736-5845, 25
(1
), pp. 224
–234
.9.
Wang
, W.
, Chan
, G.
, Lin
, Z.
, and Lai
, X.
, 2005, “Automated Hierarchical Assembly System Construction in Automobile Body Assembly Planning
,” ASME J. Mech. Des.
0161-8458, 127
, pp. 347
–351
.10.
Barnes
, C. J.
, Jared
, G. E. M.
, and Swift
, K. G.
, 2004, “Decision Support for Sequence Generation in an Assembly Oriented Design Environment
,” Rob. Comput.-Integr. Manufact.
0736-5845, 20
, pp. 289
–300
.11.
Wang
, L.
, Keshavarzmanesh
, S.
, Feng
, H. -Y.
, and Buchal
, R. O.
, 2009, “Assembly Process Planning and Its Future in Collaborative Manufacturing: A Review
,” Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol.
0268-3768, 41
, pp. 132
–144
.12.
Wiendahl
, H. P.
, ElMaraghy
, H. A.
, Nyhuis
, P.
, Zäh
, M. F.
, Wiendahl
, H. H.
, Duffie
, N.
, and Brieke
, M.
, 2007, “Changeable Manufacturing—Classification, Design and Operation
,” CIRP Ann.
0007-8506, 56
(2
), pp. 783
–809
.13.
Zha
, X. F.
, Du
, H. J.
, and Qiu
, J. H.
, 2001, “Knowledge-Based Approach and System for Assembly Oriented Design, Part I: The Approach
,” Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
, 14
, pp. 61
–75
.14.
Zha
, X. F.
, and Du
, H.
, 2002, “A PDES/STEP-Based Model and System for Concurrent Integrated Design and Assembly Planning
,” Comput.-Aided Des.
0010-4485, 34
, pp. 1087
–1110
.15.
Demoly
, F.
, Yan
, X. -T.
, Eynard
, B.
, Rivest
, L.
, and Gomes
, S.
, 2011, “An Assembly Oriented Design Framework for Product Structure Engineering and Assembly Sequence Planning
,” Rob. Comput.-Integr. Manufact.
0736-5845, 27
(1
), pp. 33
–46
.16.
Whitney
, D. E.
, 2004, Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development
, Oxford University Press
, Oxford
.17.
Demoly
, F.
, Eynard
, B.
, Rivest
, L.
, and Gomes
, S.
, 2010, “PLM-Based Approach for Assembly Process Engineering
,” International Journal of Manufacturing Research
1750-0591, 5
(4
), pp. 414
–428
.18.
Demoly
, F.
, Gomes
, S.
, Eynard
, B.
, Rivest
, L.
, and Sagot
, J. C.
, 2009, “Assembly-Oriented Product Structure Based on Preliminary Assembly Process Engineering
,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED’09
, Palo Alto, CA, Aug. 24–27.19.
Demoly
, F.
, 2010, “Conception intégrée et gestion d’informations techniques: Application l’ingénierie du produit et de sa séquence d’assemblage
,” Ph.D. thesis, Belfort-Montbéliard University of Technology, France.20.
Mathieu
, L.
, and Marguet
, B.
, 2001, “Integrated Design Method to Improve Productibility Based on Product Key Characteristics and Assembly Sequences
,” CIRP Ann.
0007-8506, 50
(1
), pp. 85
–88
.21.
Mantripragada
, R.
, and Whitney
, D. E.
, 1999, “Modeling and Controlling Variation Propagation in Mechanical Assemblies Using State Transition Models
,” IEEE Trans. Rob. Autom.
1042-296X, 15
(1
), pp. 124
–140
.22.
Zhao
, Z.
, Bezdecny
, M.
, Lee
, Y.
, Robinson
, D.
, Bauer
, L.
, Slagle
, M.
, Coleman
, D.
, Barnes
, J.
, and Walls
, S.
, 2009, “Prediction of Assembly Variation During Early Design
,” ASME J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng.
1530-9827, 9
(3
), p. 031003
.23.
Falgarone
, H.
, and Chevassus
, N.
, 2004, “An Innovative Design Method and Tool for Structural and Functional Analysis
,” Proceedings of the CIRP Design Seminar
, Cairo, Egypt.24.
Marguet
, B.
, Chevassus
, N.
, Falgarone
, H.
, and Bourdet
, P.
, 2003, “Geometrical Behavior Laws for Computer Aided Tolerancing: AnaTole a Tool for Structural Assembly Tolerance Analysis
,” Eighth International Seminar on Computer-Aided Tolerancing
, Charlotte, NC, pp. 301
–310
.25.
Zheng
, L. Y.
, McMahon
, C. A.
, Li
, L.
, Ding
, L.
, and Jamshidi
, J.
, 2008, “Key Characteristics Management in Product Lifecycle Management: A Survey of Methodologies and Practices
,” Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part B
0954-4054, 222
(8
), pp. 989
–1008
.Copyright © 2011
by American Society of Mechanical Engineers
You do not currently have access to this content.
