Technology chain optimization: a systematic approach considering the manufacturing history |
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Authors: | Fritz Klocke Steffen Buchholz Jens Stauder |
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Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Steinbachstra?e 19, 52066, Aachen, Germany
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Abstract: | The optimization of technology chains is usually conducted as a local problem of each individual process step. However, in order to optimize the technology chain in terms of product properties a local optimization is insufficient and a more holistic approach is indispensable. Existing methods, which consider the manufacturing history of a workpiece, are often accompanied by a high level of effort in research. This paper presents a systematic approach to integrate the manufacturing history into the technology chain optimization process going along with a significant reduction of effort compared to existing methods based on simulation and experiments. Resulting from previous methods and models a set of representative variables is identified to describe interactions and dependencies within technology chains. Furthermore, an approach consisting of three steps is developed which allows a visualization as well as an explanation of the cause-and-effect relationships within technology chains. This approach is used to deduce two different optimization strategies for technology chains. The first strategy allows a global optimization by adjusting specified parameters without changing the processes within the technology chain. Whereas the second strategy comprises a redesign of the whole chain. |
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