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Citation
Rigelsford, J. (1999), "Integrated and Simultaneous Design: With Applications to Robotic Assembly Systems", Assembly Automation, Vol. 19 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.1999.03319cad.011
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Integrated and Simultaneous Design: With Applications to Robotic Assembly Systems
Integrated and Simultaneous Design: With Applications to Robotic Assembly Systems
H.K. RampersandJohn Wiley & Sons1995226 pp.ISBN 0-471-95466-7Paperback, £39.95
Keywords: Robotics, Assembly
Integrated and Simultaneous Design is a design process carried out in a systematic and structured way. The assembly is parallel and simultaneously developed with the analysis and possible redesign of the product, assembly process and system design. In traditional design methods activities are carried out sequentially and independently of each other.
This book presents a new design strategy based on a concentric design process. Several design modes and tools are explained and illustrated, with the emphasis of the text being on the design of robotic assembly systems.
Chapter 1 is an introductory chapter, while chapter 2 introduces an integral assembly model. Different assembly variables are introduced and the relationships between them are discussed. The integral design process is described in chapter 3 and includes the starting point in designing robotic assembly systems, transformation models, model approach of the design process, a concentric design process and project management.
The various stages involved in product and process design are discussed in chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 6 addresses the analysis and redesign of the product and process. An analysis and redesign procedure called the DFA (Design for Assembly) house is introduced and discussed. Chapter 7 discusses the system design and covers system properties, an integral productivity model and system synthesis, simulation and layout.
Chapter 8 presents conclusions concerning the value of the introduced design models and tools. The book also includes five appendices: Results of the application of the DFA house, List of symbols in the integral productivity model, Set of symbols for designing robotic assembly systems, Morphological charts of the alternative system structures, and Simulation data.