With the advancing digital technology and information tools in networking the core of manufacturing activities has shifted from the physical production of goods to the systematic processing of knowledge.The competitiv...With the advancing digital technology and information tools in networking the core of manufacturing activities has shifted from the physical production of goods to the systematic processing of knowledge.The competitiveness of tomorrow’s manufacturing enterprise lies in the operation of such digital factory in parallel with the physical one.This change in manufacturing in the digital age is taking place not only in Hong Kong but worldwide.This paper describes the development of establishing a digital factory laboratory in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.The Digital Factory is a focus for teaching research and technology transfer in the area of digital manufacturing.The paper also describes an application case of virtual manufacturing in which computer simulation models of a production line of an AC motor are developed for investigation.展开更多
Digital factory technology is an advanced manufacturing technology served as to establish a bridge between the process of product development and manufacturing.In terms of application for digital factory technology in...Digital factory technology is an advanced manufacturing technology served as to establish a bridge between the process of product development and manufacturing.In terms of application for digital factory technology in machining,especially in machining of a complicated part such as a cylinder body part,a concept of digital process planning and its framework are proposed.Its components including machining domain knowledge model,machining knowledge base,machining resource base and process planning system are studied.A machining knowledge model in tree form and an object-driven knowledge reasoning mechanism are used for machining knowledge base.The process planning system is a user interface that leads a planner to finish the planning process.A case about a cylinder head part is given to demonstrate how the platform works.The framework of digital process planning is the foundation of some intelligent CAPP systems and helps to production line planning.展开更多
Digital factory technology is a research focus in academe and industry,which is an advanced manufacturing tech- nology that is proposed to bridge product development and manufacturing.For applying digital factory tech...Digital factory technology is a research focus in academe and industry,which is an advanced manufacturing tech- nology that is proposed to bridge product development and manufacturing.For applying digital factory technology in machining domain,a concept of digital process planning and its framework are suggested,its components including machining domain knowledge model,machining knowledge base,machining resource base and process planning system are studied.The framework of digital process planning is of value for implementing digital factory technology in machining industry.展开更多
文摘With the advancing digital technology and information tools in networking the core of manufacturing activities has shifted from the physical production of goods to the systematic processing of knowledge.The competitiveness of tomorrow’s manufacturing enterprise lies in the operation of such digital factory in parallel with the physical one.This change in manufacturing in the digital age is taking place not only in Hong Kong but worldwide.This paper describes the development of establishing a digital factory laboratory in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.The Digital Factory is a focus for teaching research and technology transfer in the area of digital manufacturing.The paper also describes an application case of virtual manufacturing in which computer simulation models of a production line of an AC motor are developed for investigation.
文摘Digital factory technology is an advanced manufacturing technology served as to establish a bridge between the process of product development and manufacturing.In terms of application for digital factory technology in machining,especially in machining of a complicated part such as a cylinder body part,a concept of digital process planning and its framework are proposed.Its components including machining domain knowledge model,machining knowledge base,machining resource base and process planning system are studied.A machining knowledge model in tree form and an object-driven knowledge reasoning mechanism are used for machining knowledge base.The process planning system is a user interface that leads a planner to finish the planning process.A case about a cylinder head part is given to demonstrate how the platform works.The framework of digital process planning is the foundation of some intelligent CAPP systems and helps to production line planning.
文摘Digital factory technology is a research focus in academe and industry,which is an advanced manufacturing tech- nology that is proposed to bridge product development and manufacturing.For applying digital factory technology in machining domain,a concept of digital process planning and its framework are suggested,its components including machining domain knowledge model,machining knowledge base,machining resource base and process planning system are studied.The framework of digital process planning is of value for implementing digital factory technology in machining industry.
