Flexible manufacturability analysis applied to the welding process to increase sustainability in engineer to order businesses Online publication date: Mon, 11-Dec-2017
by Venkata Krishna Rao Pabolu; Roland Stolt; Joel Johansson
International Journal of Agile Systems and Management (IJASM), Vol. 10, No. 3/4, 2017
Abstract: This paper addresses the manufacturability of welded components for engineer to order businesses including manufacturing feasibility, approximate manufacturing cost, manufacturing difficulties along with the sustainability aspects. This is addressed by creating an evaluation system for integration in a multi-objective design analysis system in the early phases of product development of the jet engines components in an aerospace business. The work is focused on the weldability assessment based on available weld methods and the weld capabilities of the company. Several rules for analysing the weldability are proposed. To keep the knowledge transparent, traceable and updatable, it is managed by a novel software called Howtomation© Suite using a forward chaining inferencing engine. The proposed framework enables a weldability index and welding cost guide to be derived, helping the designers choose appropriate weld method in early design stages.
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