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1、IntJAdvManufTechnol(2002)19:377383OwnershipandCopyrightSpringer-VerlagLondonLtd2002ApplicationofVirtualAssemblyToolsforImprovingProductDesignA.C.K.Choi,D.S.K.ChanandA.M.F.YuenDepartmentofManufacturingEngineering,TheHongKongPolytechnicUniversity,Kowloon,HongKongVirtualproductcreationandpr

2、oductdesignanalysisareessen-Theassemblymethodisdeterminedinthedesignstage,tialforstudiesintheinvestigationintoassemblyfeasibilitywhereastheassemblysequenceisestablishedattheprocessandhelprevealpracticalmanufacturingconstraints.Thispaperplanningstage.Iftheycanbeconsideredsimultaneously,itd

3、emonstratesanapplicationofavirtualassemblytoolwillhaveamajoreffectoncostreduction.Computer-aidedDYNAMOforagrillplateassembly.Virtualsimulationandproductionengineering(CAPE)technologyprovidesawayofassemblyverificationisillustrated.Bothvirtualsimulationandbringingdesignandmanufacturingproces

4、splanningtogether.assemblyverificationenabledesignerstoidentifypotentialItenablesengineerstoautomatethedesignandprocessplansassemblydifficultiesencounteredinmanufacturingandthusoftheirmanufacturingsystems.savetimeandcostinrealproduction.ThepaperalsoexaminesSections1.11.4describetherecentdev

5、elopmentofsomefactorsthatinfluencetheefficiencyofassembly,namely,technologiesinproductdesignandproductionengineering.assemblymethod,assemblysequence,andassemblytime.ThisbackgroundinformationisfollowedbyareportonanSuggestionsforredesignforassemblyimprovementprovidedapplicationofvirtualassemb

6、lyasacasestudywhichisbysomedesignforassemblymethodsarealsodiscussed.describedinSection2onwards.Keywords:Assemblysequence;Computer-aideddesign;Designformanufactureandassembly;Productdevelopment1.1ProductDesignDevelopmentcycle;VirtualassemblyInthelastdecade,revolutionarytechnologieshavebeen

7、intro-ducedintoindustry.Thesehavebeenaimedmainlyatshorten-ingandsimplifyingtheprocessofproductdevelopment.In1.Introductionordertosustainprofitandtobecompetitiveininternationalmarkets,companiesmustdelivernewproductsofhighqualityIntodaysglobalcompetitiveproductmarket,m