Adaptation for Assembly Part Design Based on Assemblability and Manufacturability

Creator(s)

Guanghsu Chang, East Tennessee State University
Cheng Chung Su, The University of Texas at Arlington
John W. Priest, The University of Texas at Arlington

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-2006

Description

Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) has been successfully applied to many fields especially in the design domain. Poor assembly part design increases the cost, raises the manufacturing complexity and reduces the product quality. However, little research has been devoted to predict the potential design problems in the early design stage. The objective of this paper is to integrate the indexes of assemblability and manufacturability into adaptive phase in CBR to avoid inexperienced mistakes. Early experimental results indicate that quantitative feedback of these indexes can guide novices to depict a good assembly part design, let experienced designers confirm their experience judgments and finally impart the experience to novices through CBR methodology.

Citation Information

Chang, Guanghsu; Su, Cheng Chung; and Priest, John W.. 2006. Adaptation for Assembly Part Design Based on Assemblability and Manufacturability. 2006 IIE Annual Conference and Exhibition.