Simulation of concurrent process planning (CPP) system for machining two different products

Abstract

In this paper, a simulation of a concurrent process planning (CPP) system is introduced. This system consists of a main input: the production knowledge and the production line. The production knowledge includes the production rules related to generating the process plan from the part drawing. Two products are used as output of the production knowledge and input for the manufacturing center. The CPP simulation system indicates that the utilization of machining center is very high and decreases the production cost. However, the waiting number of products in the production line is low.