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Virtual engineering and commissioning to support the lifecycle of a manufacturing assembly system
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Konstantinov, Sergey, Assad, Fadi, Ahmad, Bilal, Vera, Daniel A. and Harrison, Robert (2022) Virtual engineering and commissioning to support the lifecycle of a manufacturing assembly system. Machines, 10 (10). 939. doi:10.3390/machines10100939 ISSN 2075-1702.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/machines10100939
Abstract
Prior to the physical build of the industrial automation system, some challenges arise, such as processes’ cycle times calculations, ergonomics and safety evaluation, and the integration of separate machines to the complete production shops. This, in turn, requires reconfiguring the processes and component parameters. As a result, the lifecycle of the system development is prolonged, and the potential for erroneous performance increases. In modern digital manufacturing environments, virtual engineering (VE) and virtual commissioning (VC) serve as effective tools to tackle the aforementioned problems and their consequences. The virtual models developed for VE and VC not only assist system developers in the physical build stage but also in the following stages of the system lifecycle by providing a common virtual model, a digital twin (DT), of the manufacturing processes and the product. This developed model should possess the ability to simulate the system behaviour, e.g., the mechanics, kinematics, speed and acceleration profiles. Three stakeholders are involved in the development process: the machine builder, system integrator and end user. The current work focuses on the virtual engineering approach to support the entire lifecycle of a manufacturing system from the machine builder, system integrator and end user perspectives. For this purpose, it puts forward a systematic methodology of implementing VC and VE using a toolset developed by the Automation Systems Group at the University of Warwick within an industrial project. The suggested methodology is illustrated in a case study where a digital twin of a physical station was modelled, developed and tested in parallel with the physical machine development and build. Finally, the benefits and limitations are highlighted based on the gained outcomes and the implemented activities.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics T Technology > TS Manufactures |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Automobiles -- Design and construction -- Computer simulation, Manufacturing processes -- Computer simulation, Virtual reality in engineering, Computer integrated manufacturing systems -- Design and construction, Assembly-line methods -- Automation, Industrial engineering | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Machines | |||||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | |||||||||
ISSN: | 2075-1702 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 16 October 2022 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 10 | |||||||||
Number: | 10 | |||||||||
Number of Pages: | 22 | |||||||||
Article Number: | 939 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/machines10100939 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 October 2022 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 October 2022 | |||||||||
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