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Reducing part redundancy because of design arbitrariness is an effective measure of improving production volume, of which part reengineering is a reasonable and effective approach. The problem was formalized, then similarity degree was measured by Euclidean proximity through considering similar rules of parts based on properties of isostructure, geometry, precision, material and performance indices. A similarity matrix could be constructed based on similarity degree, and part reengineering arithmetic was advanced based on fuzzy clustering. Finally, analysis and adjustment of part reengineering scheme was discussed. The strategy and method are effective in an instance of a motorcycle-hydraulic-disk brake disk reengineering.
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This work is supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.Y105200 and Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Planning Key Project of China under Grant No.2006C21003.
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Gao, F., Xiao, G. & Zhang, Y. Strategy and method of part reengineering. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 34, 219–226 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-006-0602-7
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