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Component description for knowledge based process planning

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This paper discusses a number of possible strategies for specifying the geometric characteristics of a part to be manufactured using traditional metal removal processes. This specification is used in a knowledge based process planning system. The schemes discussed here are suitable for characterising a part to be manufactured in qualitative and quantitative terms so that a number of rules for process planning may be formulated in a fairly straightforward way. The basic building blocks for part characterisation are a number of primitive ‘shapes’. It is possible to use ‘shape modifiers’ and ‘sections’ to indicate the part more accurately. A number of methods have been discussed to specify interrelationships between the primitive shapes constituting the part to be manufactured.

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  1. School of Computer Science, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, N9B 3P4, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    S. Bandyopadhyay & S. P. Rana

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, N9B 3P4, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    S. P. Dutta & D. Meloche

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Bandyopadhyay, S., Dutta, S.P., Meloche, D. et al. Component description for knowledge based process planning. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 1, 55–74 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02601454

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