TY - JOUR
T1 - WeldANA
T2 - Welding decision support tool for conceptual design
AU - Miller, Simon W.
AU - Finke, Daniel A.
AU - Kupinski, Michael
AU - Ligetti, Christopher B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was performed with support in part by the Department of the Army through the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute under project DMDII 14-01-07 in collaboration with Iowa State University , Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department.
Funding Information:
This work was performed with support in part by the Department of the Army through the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute under project DMDII 14-01-07 in collaboration with Iowa State University, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Society of Manufacturing Engineers
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - This paper describes a methodology and reference implementation created to aid design engineers in the early phases of design for a new discrete product. The decision support tool is used to understand design decisions and their relation to manufacturability considerations, in particular, the weldability of a design. As such, we have defined four metrics (partability, setup/orientation, accessibility, and preparation) that encapsulate good structural weldment design. Those metrics have been codified in a software tool that interacts directly with a commercial CAD package as part of a manufacturability analysis decision support tool suite that also includes machining and casting assessment capabilities. This paper focuses on weldment manufacturability analysis, WeldANA. Several common use cases are used to demonstrate the efficacy and efficiency of the approach for use in the early stages of the design process.
AB - This paper describes a methodology and reference implementation created to aid design engineers in the early phases of design for a new discrete product. The decision support tool is used to understand design decisions and their relation to manufacturability considerations, in particular, the weldability of a design. As such, we have defined four metrics (partability, setup/orientation, accessibility, and preparation) that encapsulate good structural weldment design. Those metrics have been codified in a software tool that interacts directly with a commercial CAD package as part of a manufacturability analysis decision support tool suite that also includes machining and casting assessment capabilities. This paper focuses on weldment manufacturability analysis, WeldANA. Several common use cases are used to demonstrate the efficacy and efficiency of the approach for use in the early stages of the design process.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmsy.2019.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jmsy.2019.04.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065068690
SN - 0278-6125
VL - 51
SP - 120
EP - 131
JO - Journal of Manufacturing Systems
JF - Journal of Manufacturing Systems
ER -