An Efficient Method of Assembly Path Planning in Virtual Manufacturing System

Abstract:

With the development of information technology, such as CAD, CAPP and CAM, assembly process, which accounts for large amount of time and cost of manufacturing, to be included in virtual manufacturing system is urgently required. According to the principle that the sequence and path in assembly and disassembly process are reversible, the assembly path can be obtained on the basis of assembly constraints analysis and information model building through optimized and reversed. The method of assembly path planning presented in this paper can effectively reduce computational complexity and improve planning efficiency, whose correctness and efficiency is proven by an application example.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 468-471)
• Pages: 550-558
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.468-471.550
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Qing Feng Gao, Li Long Shang, Li Xuan Zhang
• Keywords: Assembly Path Planning, Four-Step Interference Detecting, Virtual Assembly, Virtual Manufacturing

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