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A VIRTUAL FACTORY

1996; World Scientific; Volume: 02; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1142/s0218654396000117

1793-639X

Adrian Bowyer, Gary Bayliss, Richard Taylor, Philip Willis,

Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques

This paper describes a virtual factory in which almost any manufacturing process can be defined, modelled, and then carried out. The results of this are designs of the components manufactured (in the form of geometric models) and part programs and process plans for their manufacture. Both of these can subsequently be re-loaded into the virtual factory and amended and enhanced, or — in the case of the part programs and process plans — can be downloaded into the real factory and used directly for production.