Integrated digital design for manufacture for reduced life cycle cost

Curran, Richard; Gomis, G.; Castagne, Sylvie; Butterfield, Joseph; Edgar, Thomas W.; Higgins, Colm; McKeever, C.

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.11.010

Cited by 55 publications

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“…Ergonomics has ancient roots in the age of ancient Egypt and the Greek and Roman period [39]; in more recent times, research studies have shown the positive effects of applying ergonomic principles to manufacturing, e.g., in workplace design [40,41]. In [42], a study was described to demonstrate how the application of ergonomic principles during product design can effectively reduce life cycle costs. Based on the concept that comfort affects productivity, different approaches have been proposed to achieve the optimal posture for workers in a manual work cell.…”

Section: Human Factors In Sustainable Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Enhancement of a Turbine Vane Manufacturing Cell through Digital Simulation-Based Design

2016

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Modern manufacturing systems should satisfy emerging needs related to sustainable development. The design of sustainable manufacturing systems can be valuably supported by simulation, traditionally employed mainly for time and cost reduction. In this paper, a multi-purpose digital simulation approach is proposed to deal with sustainable manufacturing systems design through Discrete Event Simulation (DES) and 3D digital human modelling. DES models integrated with data on power consumption of the manufacturing equipment are utilized to simulate different scenarios with the aim to improve productivity as well as energy efficiency, avoiding resource and energy waste. 3D simulation based on digital human modelling is employed to assess human factors issues related to ergonomics and safety of manufacturing systems. The approach is implemented for the sustainability enhancement of a real manufacturing cell of the aerospace industry, automated by robotic deburring. Alternative scenarios are proposed and simulated, obtaining a significant improvement in terms of energy efficiency (−87%) for the new deburring cell, and a reduction of energy consumption around −69% for the coordinate measuring machine, with high potential annual energy cost savings and increased energy efficiency. Moreover, the simulation-based ergonomic assessment of human operator postures allows 25% improvement of the workcell ergonomic index.

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Section: Human Factors In Sustainable Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Enhancement of a Turbine Vane Manufacturing Cell through Digital Simulation-Based Design

2016

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“…It can be implemented by the integration of new digital technologies and new methodologies [21]. Other work aims to facilitate the integration of design and manufacturing modelling at the concept design stage, including cost [22]. In particular, this methodology allows easiest exploitation of digital manufacturing simulation capabilities.…”

Section: Simulation Based Design Familymentioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptual Model for Management of Digital Factory Simulation Information

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Digital Factory (DF) aims at proposing simulation tools to design a product and its production system in parallel. Nevertheless, DF is marked by the multiplicity and heterogeneity of simulation models that are used, that slows down its usage in industry. We propose in this paper a conceptual model to manage the different simulation information created and manipulated through a DF project. This model is based on an analysis of the current design strategies and the used simulation tools. Finally, an industrial application has been developed to validate the completeness of this model.

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“…More and more manufacturing companies, such as Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier, have recently started utilizing digital design and manufacturing tools to implement truly lean enterprises [16 -19]. And many researcher groups are currently looking at developing a more integrated approach to design and digital manufacturing [5,7,9,16,17]. Freedman [5] compared the engineering process of traditional "physical" engineering and modern virtual engineering, and discussed the benefits of digital manufacturing, such as collaborative engineering and simulation based design resulting in significant cost/time reduction.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He also mentioned the challenges of implementing a fully digital enterprise, including the establishment and management of product, process and resource knowledge base across the whole enterprise. Curran et al [16] proposed a concurrent approach for integrating cost capabilities into digital design and manufacturing modeling at the conceptual design phase. This approach offers the user to readily exploit the digital manufacturing simulation capabilities to get optimal solutions within the context of the whole aircraft life cycle cost.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%