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This paper presents a systematic approach for automatic assembly sequence planning (ASP) by using an integrated framework of assembly relational model (ARM) and assembly process model (APM), which are established by object-oriented method. ARM, consisting of assembly, components and liaisons, is the static model of assembly to describe the geometric relationships between components in terms of contact, constraint and interference matrixes. APM, containing states and sub-processes, is the dynamic model of assembly to represent all potential alternatives in assembly process. An algorithmic procedure is also presented by which APM of an assembly can be constructed systematically by analyzing states from lower levels to higher levels. Through the procedure, all feasible sequences of a product can be generated, and the optimum one can be determined by further evaluating each sequence. To explain the approach more clearly, a practical assembly with five components is used as an illustration in the paper.
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Xiaoming, Z., Pingan, D. A model-based approach to assembly sequence planning. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 39, 983–994 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-007-1272-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-007-1272-9