VARIANT PROCESS PLANNING IN A MACHINE SHOP ENVIRONMENT INVOLVES THE RETRIEVAL AND MODIFICATION OF PREVIOUSLY GENERATED PROCESS PLANS FOR USE IN PRODUCING NEW MACHINED PARTS. IN THE SHOP EXPERT SYSTEM, GROUP TECHNOLOGY IS COMBINED WITH PROCESS FLOW ANALYSIS AND FEATURE-BASED PART MATCHING TO PROVIDE THE USER WITH INTELLIGENT ASSISTANCE IN SELECTING PREVIOUSLY CREATED PROCESS PLANS. THE SELECTION OF THE RIGHT PREVIOUSLY GENERATED PROCESS PLAN FOR USE IN VARIANT PROCESS PLANNING IS CRITICAL.
| Number of Pages : | 12 |
| Published : | 06/01/1993 |
