Using Product and Manufacturing System Platforms to Generate Producible Product Variants

Landahl, Jonas; Levandowski, Christoffer E; Johannesson, Hans L; Söderberg, Rikard; Wärmefjord, Kristina; Carlson, Johan S.; Kressin, Jonas; Isaksson, Ola; Vallhagen, Johan

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.02.132

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“…Whereas the research presented in this paper suggests rule-based assessments, simulation-based producibility assessments of product variants can be conducted using the CCM software (Landahl et al, 2016). Recent research also poses issues of production operation planning for product-production variety coordination using other production modeling software (Gong et al, 2017).…”

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Dynamic platform modeling for concurrent product-production reconfiguration

Landahl

Jiao

Madrid

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Concurrent Engineering

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To meet a wide range of customer needs, a variety of product concepts can be modeled employing a platform approach. Whereas frequent market changes can be accommodated by dynamically modifying product concepts in iterations, capabilities in production are seldom well incorporated as part of design iterations. In this paper, a dynamic platform modeling approach that supports concurrent product-production reconfiguration is presented. The approach builds on Set-Based Concurrent Engineering (SBCE) processes and a function modeling technique is used to represent product-production variety streams inherent in a production operation model. To demonstrate the approach, a comprehensive case from the aerospace industry is presented. Conceptual representations of a set of aero engine sub-systems and a variety of welding configurations, including their inherent constraints, are mutually modeled and assessed. The results show that a set of product-production alternatives can be dynamically controlled by integrating product-production constraints using a production operation model. Following SBCE processes, inferior alternatives can be put aside until new information becomes available and a new set of alternatives can be reconfigured. The dynamics and concurrency of the approach can potentially reduce the risk of late and costly modifications that propagate from design to production.

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Dynamic platform modeling for concurrent product-production reconfiguration

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Jiao

Madrid

et al. 2020

Concurrent Engineering

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“…In future, by leveraging a streamlined digital workflow for AM (Bonnard, Mognol & Hascoët 2010;Kim et al 2015) in combination with a product and manufacturing systems platform (Landahl et al 2016), we expect to significantly improve design and manufacturing efficiency for complex variants. The proposed technique may be cost-competitive as the printing time is shorter and material consumption is lower compared to solid 3D-printed tooling.…”

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Design and manufacture of hybrid metal composite structures using functional tooling made by additive manufacturing

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This paper presents a novel manufacturing technique for complex-shaped, hybrid metal composite structures leveraging the design freedom of additive manufacturing (AM). The key novelty of this research is an approach for an autoclave-suitable and removable tooling, which consists of a 3D-printed functional shell and a structural filler material. In this process, a layup shell is produced with AM and filled with a temperature-resistant curing support to form a removable inner tooling. The functional shell has integrated design features for the positioning and the fixation of metallic interface elements and is removed after curing through integrated breaking lines. The feasibility of this manufacturing technique is demonstrated by fabricating a novel lightweight structure for the hydraulic quadruped (HyQ) robot. Selective laser sintering (SLS) was used to produce the functional shell tooling. Titanium interface elements made via selective laser melting (SLM) were assembled to the shell and co-cured to carbon fiber using an autoclave prepreg process. The resulting multi-material structure was tested in ultimate strength and successfully operated on the HyQ robot. Weight savings of 55% compared to a reference design and the mechanical viability of the multi-material structure indicate that the proposed manufacturing technique is appropriate for individualized hybrid composite structures with complex geometries.

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“…A number of modelling perspectives, formats and frameworks were con-sidered for this task, notably the ArchiMate modelling language and the configurable component framework (CCF) [19]. CCF was selected for its integration of product and manufacturing system platforms in previous studies [9,10,20].…”

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“…For design of manufacturing systems utilising changeability (such as reconfigurable manufacturing), development and design of production platforms remains a challenge during the later design stages [6]. Concepts such as co-development [7], co-platforming [8] and, integrated product and production modelling [9,10] are gaining traction. This highlights a need for coexisting product and production platforms.…”

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Challenges in Production and Manufacturing Systems Platform Development for Changeable Manufacturing

Sørensen

Brunoe

Nielsen

2018

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Development of platforms for products has proven a successful way to manage and address several challenges related to increasing variety and accelerating product development cycles. Thus, it is natural to assume that platforms may facilitate similar benefits for manufacturing systems, as they are both technical systems. Production and manufacturing systems platform development is, however, still an area of research lacking maturity. Development of platforms in this field comes with a set of challenges not necessarily found in product platform development. Looking towards other fields of research or science may be necessary to address these challenges. This paper aims to study challenges related to production and manufacturing systems platform development and describe how these have been addressed. It does so through an evolving case study based on four projects with an industrial collaborator. This leads to setting the stage for future research on production platforms.

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Using Product and Manufacturing System Platforms to Generate Producible Product Variants

Cited by 8 publications

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Dynamic platform modeling for concurrent product-production reconfiguration

Dynamic platform modeling for concurrent product-production reconfiguration

Design and manufacture of hybrid metal composite structures using functional tooling made by additive manufacturing

Challenges in Production and Manufacturing Systems Platform Development for Changeable Manufacturing

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