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Process Information Model for Sheet Metal Operations
Ravi Kumar Gupta, Pothala Sreenu, Alain Bernard +1
The paper extracts the process parameters from a sheet metal part model (B-Rep). These process parameters can be used in sheet metal manufacturing to control the manufacturing oper…
Deployment of an Innovative Resource Choice Method for Process Planning
Alexandre Candlot, Nicolas Perry, Alain Bernard +1
Designers, process planners and manufacturers naturally consider different concepts for a same object. The stiffness of production means and the design specification requirements m…
VCS: Value Chains Simulator, a Tool for Value Analysis of Manufacturing Enterprise Processes (A Value-Based Decision Support Tool)
Magali Mauchand, Ali Siadat, Nicolas Perry +1
Manufacturing enterprises are facing a competitive challenge. This paper proposes the use of a value chain based approach to support the modelling and simulation of manufacturing e…
Customised high-value document generation
Niek Du Preez, Nicolas Perry, Alexandre Candlot +3
Contributions of different experts to innovation projects improve enterprise value, captured in documents. A subset of them is the centre of expert constraint convergence. Their pr…
Integration of CAD and rapid manufacturing for sand casting optimisation
Alain Bernard, Jean-Charles Delplace, Nicolas Perry +1
In order to reduce the time and costs of the products development in the sand casting process, the SMC Colombier Fontaine company has carried out a study based on tooling manufactu…
Costs Models in Design and Manufacturing of Sand Casting Products
Nicolas Perry, Magali Mauchand, Alain Bernard
In the early phases of the product life cycle, the costs controls became a major decision tool in the competitiveness of the companies due to the world competition. After defining…