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Data and knowledge modeling for design–process planning integration of sheet metal components

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Realizing design–process planning integration is vital to the competitiveness of manufacturing organization and its ability to respond rapidly to market changes. Many attempts have been made in the past proposing the integration of the two activities based on product data models. However, both design and process planning activities are knowledge intensive. An effective integration is possible only if both data and knowledge models form a basis for integration. This paper presents key issues related to data and knowledge modeling for integration of design (CAD) and process planning (CAPP) activities for sheet metal components. Previous attempts to model data and knowledge have concentrated only on either design or process planning and not from an integration point of view. Moreover, in these attempts data and knowledge models have been proposed without attempting to relate the two. The same has been overcome in the present work. An integration framework based on data and knowledge is proposed at the end and discussed for domain of design–process planning integration of sheet metal components.

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Ramana, K.V., Rao, P.V.M. Data and knowledge modeling for design–process planning integration of sheet metal components. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 15, 607–623 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JIMS.0000037711.00532.38

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