Abstract
Tool selection is a vital function within any process planning system. This paper presents an approach to computer-aided tool selection that has the ability to generate and rank all alternative tool sets for a process plan. This approach has been used to develop the OATS (Object-oriented Application of Tool Selection) system. OATS is designed for use as a module within a dynamic process planning system and has been tested as a part of the dynamic planning system, PARIS (Process planning Architecture for Integration with Scheduling) (Usher and Fernandes 1996a, b). The necessary input data for this system are taken from a product model based on the ISQ STEP application protocol, AP224. Two alternative plans for a single part are used as examples to illustrate the approach and demonstrate the ability of the system to generate and rank all the viable alternative tool sets.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2879-2894 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | International Journal of Production Research |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Sept 1999 |
Keywords
- SYSTEMS
- INTEGRATION
- DESIGN
- MODEL
- CAPP