Knowledge Driven Configurable Manufacturing (KDCM)

知识驱动的可配置制造（KDCM）

• 批准号: EP/K018191/1
• 负责人: Robert Harrison
• 金额: $ 245.69万
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK018191%2F1
• 关键词: Knowledge; Driven; Configurable; Manufacturing; KDCM

The proposed research programme will attempt to create self-reconfiguring manufacturing systems that are based on intelligent and highly accurate models of manufacturing processes and the products being manufactured. The goal of the research is to enable a radical change in manufacturing effectiveness and sustainability.The target type of manufacturing is component-based modular reconfigurable systems, i.e. systems that are built up of various elements and assembled together, in a similar fashion to building with 'lego'. This is a class of manufacturing system that is typically used in assembly and handling applications, where you tend to find families of modular machine components that can be reused and reconfigured as the product, and hence production processes change. Major applications for this are in the automotive and aerospace sectors. One example is in powertrain assembly, as seen in the UK at Ford. If the re-configurability of such production systems can be enhanced, Ford estimate that potential savings of over 30% in costs are achievable with a target of a 50% reduction in the time to build and commission such a system that typically costs £30 million per engine line. The realisation of this research has the potential to help enable the retention of high value engineering activity in the UK by improving the competiveness in the engineering of reconfigurable manufacturing systems.The capability to achieve this aim is to be built on the foundation of current, internationally leading research at Loughborough University, which has created a method for building reconfigurable systems from reusable components that is currently being adopted in automotive supply chains. The concepts of flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems are well established; however problems still exist in the effective, efficient, rapid, configuration of such flexible systems, particularly as lifecycle product changes occur, whether such changes are minor or more fundamental. Many flexible and reconfigurable system examples exist. However, most are designed intuitively and a systematic methodology is still lacking. Additionally, engineering this integration of product and processes is essential in a lifecycle context across the supply-chain, yet this remains largely unaddressed.Virtual engineering also has a major role to play in that we can simulate production systems and products. However the effectiveness of such simulation design tools for reconfigurable systems remains poor. Such tools need to be able to encompass the full system lifetime and be able to replicate the functions of the production system exactly in the models. These models are key enablers for understanding what might happen throughout a production system's lifecycle and can drive better configuration of the modular manufacturing systems we aspire to create.

拟议的研究计划将尝试创建基于智能且高精度的制造流程和制造产品模型的自我重构制造系统。研究的目标是实现制造效率和可持续性的根本改变。制造类型是基于组件的模块化可重构系统，即由各种元件构建并组装在一起的系统，其方式类似于使用“乐高”构建，这是一类通常用于组装和处理的制造系统。应用程序，您通常会在其中找到家庭模块化机器部件可以作为产品重​​复使用和重新配置，因此生产流程发生变化，其中一个例子是动力总成装配，如英国的福特公司。 -此类生产系统的可配置性可以得到增强，福特估计，可以实现超过 30% 的成本节省，目标是将构建和调试此类系统的时间减少 50%，该系统通常每条发动机系列的成本为 3000 万英镑。这这项研究的实现有可能通过提高可重构制造系统工程的竞争力，帮助英国保留高价值的工程活动。实现这一目标的能力将建立在当前国际领先的基础上拉夫堡大学的研究创建了一种利用可重复使用的组件构建可重构系统的方法，该方法目前已在汽车供应链中采用。灵活和可重构制造系统的概念已经很成熟，但在有效、高效、快速方面仍然存在问题； ,此类灵活系统的配置，特别是当生命周期产品发生变化时，无论这些变化是微小的还是根本性的，都存在许多灵活且可重新配置的系统示例，但是，大多数都是直观设计的，并且仍然缺乏系统的方法。和流程在整个供应链的生命周期环境中至关重要，但这在很大程度上仍未得到解决。虚拟工程还可以发挥重要作用，因为我们可以模拟生产系统和产品，但是此类可重构系统的模拟设计工具的有效性仍然存在此类工具需要能够涵盖整个系统生命周期，并能够在模型中准确复制生产系统的功能。这些模型是了解整个生产系统生命周期中可能发生的情况的关键推动因素，并且可以推动更好的配置。我们渴望创建的模块化制造系统。

项目成果

Hydrogen fuel cell pick and place assembly systems: Heuristic evaluation of reconfigurability and suitability

氢燃料电池拾放组装系统：可重构性和适用性的启发式评估

• 发表时间: 2016
• 作者: Ahmad, Maz

Ensuring the consistency between assembly process planning and machine control software

确保装配工艺规划和机器控制软件之间的一致性

• DOI: 10.1109/indin.2017.8104923
• 发表时间: 2017
• 作者: Ahmad M

An experimental investigation on the relationship between perceived assembly complexity and product design complexity

• DOI: 10.1007/s12008-019-00556-9
• 发表时间: 2019-03
• 期刊: International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM)
• 作者: Bugra Alkan

An ontology-based approach for integrating engineering workflows for industrial assembly automation systems

• 发表时间: 2017-08
• 作者: Mussawar Ahmad

Knowledge-based PPR modelling for assembly automation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2018.01.001
• 发表时间: 2018-05
• 期刊: Cirp Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Mussawar Ahmad;Borja Ramis Ferrer;Bilal Ahmad;D. Vera;J. Lastra;R. Harrison