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A flexible process information reuse method for similar machining feature

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Dynamically changing machining conditions and uncertain manufacturing resource availability are forcing manufacturing enterprises to search advanced process planning in order to increase productivity and ensure product quality. As growing quantities of the three-dimensional process models are gradually applied, reusing the embedded manufacturing information in process models with less time and lower cost attracts a lot of attention. In this paper, a new flexible method is presented to reuse the existing process information based on retrieval of the similar machining feature. First, the three-level organization model is introduced to represent the process information; the machining feature which is seen as the parent layer carries the corresponding manufacturing information. To ensure accurately that the process information are obtained, the associated mechanism between the machining feature and process information is created. Second, an eight-node representation scheme is designed to represent the similar machining feature having same variations in topology and geometry. For accelerating similar feature retrieval, the extension-attributed adjacency graph and the topological relationship of the machining feature faces are built. Finally, some aircraft structural parts are utilized in the developed prototype module to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. This method can be used as the basis for accumulation of the process information; it can promote the development and application of the intelligent process planning.

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    Jinfeng Liu, Honggen Zhou & Xuwen Jing

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, People’s Republic of China

    Liu Xiaojun

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Liu, J., Zhou, H., Xiaojun, L. et al. A flexible process information reuse method for similar machining feature. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 92, 217–229 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-0131-6

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