Author： Lohse Niels Hirani Hitendra Ratchev Svetan
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0920-6299
Source： International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol.17, Iss.4, 2005-10, pp. : 301-314
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Abstract
Evolvable and Reconfigurable Assembly Systems (RAS) enable enterprises to rapidly respond to changes in today's increasingly volatile and dynamic global markets. One of the key success factors for the effective use of RAS is methods and tools that can rapidly configure and reconfigure assembly systems driven by changing requirements. The focus of this paper is the development of a suitable equipment model to support the effective design of reconfigurable assembly systems. The work has been motivated by the need to provide solutions for increasing product customisation and volume changes over the product life-cycle that directly impact on the final product assembly. The paper proposes a comprehensive equipment ontology to enable effective decision-making during the design and evaluation of new RAS configurations. The proposed ontology is based on the function-behaviour-structure paradigm, and is formalised to facilitate its application in distributed web-enabled decision-making environments. The equipment configuration and reconfiguration approach and prototype decision-making environment are illustrated using system design examples.
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