| Author | Pal, Suparna |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-94-03 |
| Subject(s) | Flexible manufacturing systems
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IE-94-03 |
| Abstract | Flexible manufacturing systems are used to achieve better productivity with desired level of
quality. However their introduction entails a variety of planning and control problems, which have
proved resistant to exact solution. Recently extensive effort has been focused on the application
artificial intelligence technique (Al) to those problems. The optimal tool set selection problem is
one such problem which needs to be solved in order to achieve the goals of Flexible
Manufacturing Systems. In order to select the tool grades which needs the heuristic knowledge of
the manufacturing engineer rather than any algorithmic approach, a tool selection expert system
has been developed. For selection of the feasible insert set for a operation set first the feasible
insert geometries are calculated and feasible inserts are searched out from the insert database. Due
to maintain a collision free environment a collision detection module has been integrated to check
any possible interference between the work piece and machine. The visualization module is also
integrated to check the workpiece shape visually. The generated operation-tool incidence matrix
has been fed to the neuralnetwork optimizer to obtain the optimal tool set. Majority of the past
research did not consider multiple objective while optimization and tool planning problem in
totality. The present research is an effort in this direction. |
| Year | 1994 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IE-94-03 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Pandey, Indra M. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Batanov, Dentcho N. ;Nagarur, Nagendra N.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 |
