Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering : Proceedings of the 1st IDMME Conference Held in Nantes, France, 15–17 April 1996

This volume contains the selected papers of the first I.D.M.M.E. conference on 'Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering', held in Nantes from 15-17 April 1996. Its objective was to discuss the questions related to the definition of the optimal design and manufacturing processes and to their integration through coherent methodologies in adapted environments. The initiative of the Conference and the organization thereof, is mainly due to the efforts of the french PRIMECA group (Pool of Computer Resources for Mechanics) started eight years ago. We were able to attract the internationru community with the support of the International Institution for Production Engineering Research (C.I.R.P.). The conference brought together two hundred and fifty specialists from around the world. About ninety papers and twenty posters were presented covering three main topics : optimization and evaluation of the product design process, optimization and evaluation of the manufacturing systems and methodological aspects. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Analysis of the Setting Up of a Concurrent Engineering Scenario....Pages 3-12 Failure-Sensitive Product Development....Pages 13-22 A Language for the Modeling of the Design Process in Mechanical Engineering....Pages 23-30 CAD/Analysis Integration....Pages 31-40 Rethinking Cad Tools Through Their Use?....Pages 41-50 Product/Manufacturing: A Systemic Approach for Simultaneous Engineering....Pages 51-59 On a Genetic Multiobjective Approach for the Integration and Optimization of Assembly Product Design and Process Planning....Pages 61-70 Manufacturing Flexibility: A New Evaluation....Pages 71-80 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Integrated CAD and CAPP Around Feature Recognition Techniques....Pages 83-92 Feature-State Approach for Operation Sequence Generation....Pages 93-102 Machining Features: Integration of the Machining Function in the Modelling of Parts for Automated Process Planning....Pages 103-112 Expression and Recognition of Design Intentions....Pages 113-120 Integration of the Machining Point of View in the Product Modelling: The Fixturing Features....Pages 121-129 From Design to Manufacturing of Forged Parts: Automatic Process Planning for Dies and Parts....Pages 131-140 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Tools for Optimal or Near-Optimal Sensor Location....Pages 143-152 Fully Integrated Finite Element Models in the Design and Manufacture of Glass Products....Pages 153-162 Maestro: A Module Dedicated to the Integration of Structural Analysis within the Design Process....Pages 163-171 Thickness Optimization of Beams and Shells with Large Displacements....Pages 173-182 Quality Control of Finite Element Analyses in Shape Optimization....Pages 183-192 Methods and Softwares for the Automation of Finite Element Analyses in 3D....Pages 193-202 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 USyCaMs: A Software Package for the Interactive Synthesis of Cam Mechanisms....Pages 205-214 Workspace-Oriented Methodology for Designing a Parallel Manipulator....Pages 215-224 Design of Robotic Work Cells: Synthesis and Application....Pages 225-234 A Tool for Robot Design: Feasible Trajectory from a Singularity....Pages 235-244 Sensitivity Analysis for Optimisation of Flexible Multi-Body Systems....Pages 245-254 Dynamic Modelling of Mechanisms. Qualifying of Three Integration Schemes....Pages 255-264 Front Matter....Pages 265-265 Thermal Analysis of Orthogonal Cutting....Pages 267-276 A Systematic Approach to the Surface Modelling of Forged Parts....Pages 277-285 Simplified Stamping Simulation: An AID for Component Design....Pages 287-296 Mechanical Simulation of Machining....Pages 297-306 Thermal Modal Analysis and Modelling of Machine-Tools....Pages 307-315 Fixture Design Process Modeling....Pages 317-325 Front Matter....Pages 327-327 Integrating Design and Manufacturing by Tolerance Chart Analysis....Pages 329-338 The TTRE: Micro tolerancing Model for CAD-CAM Modelers....Pages 339-348 Models for Tolerancing Process by Considering Mechanism Flexibility....Pages 349-356 Probe Definition for Inspection of Mechanical Parts by C.M.M.....Pages 357-365 Integrated Design and Manufacturing for Precision Mechanical Components....Pages 367-376 Front Matter....Pages 377-377 Choice of Machine Tool Configuration....Pages 379-387 Flank Milling of Ruled Surface with Additionally-Five-Axis CNC Machine....Pages 389-398 Synthesis of Reconfigurable-Fixture Support Configurations for Thin-Walled Objects....Pages 399-406 Front Matter....Pages 377-377 Computer Aided Process Planning in Turning: Ascendant Design by Features....Pages 407-414 Front Matter....Pages 415-415 Proposals for a Product Model....Pages 417-426 Towards Declarative Geometric Modelling in Mechanics....Pages 427-436 Modeling Product Information in Concurrent Engineering Environments....Pages 437-444 Integration of Design and Manufacturing Data Models Using Step....Pages 445-454 Template Architecture and Services for Integrating CADCAM and Machining in Small Companies....Pages 455-464 Manufacturing Capability Modelling for Concurrent Product Development....Pages 465-473 Performance Improvement of a Surface-Surface Intersection Method....Pages 475-484 Front Matter....Pages 485-485 Integrated Design of Electromagnetic Motors....Pages 487-494 Optimisation of a Structure for Biaxial Mechanical Tests....Pages 495-504 Hull Design Methodology for Cross-Country Vehicles....Pages 505-513 A Methodology for the Design of Servo-Systems Dedicated to Machine-Tools....Pages 515-524 Methodology for Interactive Design of a Product and its Assembly Line....Pages 525-534 Modelling and Analysis of the Stamping and Clamping of a Cylinder Head Gasket....Pages 535-544 Back Matter....Pages 545-545 This book is devoted to the optimization of product design and manufacturing systems. It contains selected and carefully composed articles based on presentations given at the IDMME conference held in Nantes, France in 1996. The authors are all involved in cutting-edge research in their respective fields of specialization. The integration of manufacturing constraints and their optimization in the design process is becoming more and more widespread in the development of mechanical products or systems. There is a clear industrial need for these kind of methodologies. Important - but still unsolved - problems are related to the definition of design processes, the choice of optimal manufacturing processes and their integration through coherent methodologies in adapted environments. The main topics addressed in this book are: the optimization and evaluation of the product design process (design methodology, representation and integration of design constraints, design for manufacturing, synthesis of objects with constraints, automatic modelling) the optimization and evaluation of the manufacturing systems (modelling of machining processes, modelling for control and measuring, feature-based manufacturing, CAM and off-line programming) some methodological aspects (computational geometry, simultaneous and concurrent engineering, integrated design and CAD/CAM systems, object modelling, feature-based modelling, design and communication, automatic solvers and optimizers) . Apart from giving a thorough theoretical background, a very important theme is the relation between research and industrial applications. The book is of interest for engineers, researchers and PhD students who are involved in the optimization of design and manufacturing processes.