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This paper deals with a process planning system whose strategy may be guided by machining difficulties, particularly the quality of the workpiece resulting from its fixturing while machining. Based on a global strategy where the machining operations are grouped into a set-up and the determination of the best fixturing of the workpiece are simultaneously processed, indices of the fixturing performance of the workpiece-fixture-cutter system are established. Those indices are initially calculated and then updated after each process planner’s decision. Their interpretation guides the strategy to be deployed. The system was implemented in a software called PROPEL. It is illustrated in the paper by an extract of a scenario of process planning.
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Paris, H., Brissaud, D. Process planning strategy based on fixturing indicator evaluation. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 25, 913–922 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-003-1928-z
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