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Advances in Sustainable and Competitive Manufacturing Systems pp 65–77Cite as

An Approach for the Selection of Process Plans Based on Part Family Changes

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In recent times, in the field of manufacturing, due to the continuously changing market demand, the concept of reconfigurable manufacturing systems emerged. This requires a process plan along with the machinery (kinematic configuration) to produce the part. When the product is changed, consequently the process plans and the kinematic configurations change accordingly as well. The change in the basic machinery seriously affects the overall profit of the industry. This paper presents an approach to minimize this cost while still providing a suitable process plan for the associated kinematic configuration. The algorithm to implement this approach is also the part of this paper. A sample part is taken as an example to illustrate the use of this approach. The results are compared with the existing data for the part. The applicability, uses and future trends have been discussed in conclusion.

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The moral, financial, and the knowledge-based support of NUST is acknowledged.

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  1. College of E&ME, National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

    S. M. Hasan & A. Baqai

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Hasan, S.M., Baqai, A. (2013). An Approach for the Selection of Process Plans Based on Part Family Changes. In: Azevedo, A. (eds) Advances in Sustainable and Competitive Manufacturing Systems. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00557-7_6

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