KNOWLEDGE-BASED MANUFACTURING: A PROPOSAL TO MANAGE MANUFACTURING RULES
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
                        Year: 2018
                        Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
                        Author: Marra, Manuela; Pascarelli, Claudio; Lazoi, Mariangela; Corallo, Angelo; Micchetti, Francesco
                        Series: DESIGN
                        Section: DESIGN SUPPORT TOOLS
                        Page(s): 359-368
                        DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0422
                        
Abstract
In manufacturing companies, technologists use CAD/CAM tools for NC programming. Feature based approaches enable to faster programming, but require advanced competences and a standardization too rigorous for real machining practices. It is necessary a data and manufacturing rules management environment, in which knowledge engineer can define the rules based on industrial best practice and CAM Experts can customize them for production requirements. A possible solution is to extend the FBM software module with an easy-to-use system that simplifies feature based rules management and deployment.
Keywords: features, computer aided design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing (CAM), digital manufacturing, knowledge based engineering (KBE)