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The cyber-physical e-machine manufacturing system : virtual engineering for complete lifecycle support
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Konstantinov, Sergey, Ahmad, Mussawar, Ananthanarayan, Karthik and Harrison, Robert (2017) The cyber-physical e-machine manufacturing system : virtual engineering for complete lifecycle support. Procedia CIRP, 63 . pp. 119-124. ISSN 2212-8271.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2017.02.035
Abstract
Electric machines (e-machines) will form a fundamental part of the powertrain of the future. Automotive manufacturers are keen to develop emachine manufacturing and assembly knowledge in-house. An on-going project, which aims to deliver an e-machine pilot assembly line, is being supported by a set of virtual engineering tools developed by the Automation Systems Group at the University of Warwick. Although digital models are a useful design aid providing visualization and simulation, the opportunity being exploited in this research paper is to have a common model throughout the lifecycle of both the manufacturing system and the product. The vision is to have a digital twin that is consistent with the real system and not just used in the early design and deployment phases. This concept, commonly referred to as Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), is key to realizing efficient system reconfigurability to support alternative product volumes and mixes. These tools produce modular digital models that can be rapidly modified preventing the simulation, test, and modification processes forming a bottleneck to the development lifecycles. In addition, they add value at more mature phases when, for example, a high volume line based on the pilot is created as the same models can be reused and modified as required. This research paper therefore demonstrates how the application of the virtual engineering tools support the development of a CPS using an e-machine assembly station as a case study. The main contribution of the work is to further validate the CPS philosophy by extending the concept into practical applications in pilot production systems with prototype products.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) 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): | Computer integrated manufacturing systems, Manufacturing processes--Automation, Computer-aided engineering, Assembly-line methods--Automation, Electric machines | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Procedia CIRP | ||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
ISSN: | 2212-8271 | ||||||
Official Date: | 11 July 2017 | ||||||
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Volume: | 63 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 119-124 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 May 2017 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 12 May 2017 | ||||||
Funder: | Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||||||
Grant number: | 102082 (APC), EP/K018191/1 (EPSRC) |
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