J-F. Maree
Department of Mechanical Engineering Universite Catholique de Louvain, 2 place du levant 1348 LLN, Belgium
Benoit Raucent
Department of Mechanical Engineering University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
A. Spineux
Department of Mechanical Engineering Universite Catholique de Louvain, 2 place du levant 1348 LLN, Belgium
J. Danloy
Department of of Mechanical Engineering Faculte Polytechnique de Mons
Frederic Petit
Department of Mechanical Engineering University catholique de Louvain, Belgium; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculte Polytechnique de Mans Mons, BELGIUM
A. Leroy
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculte Polytechnique de Mans Mons, BELGIUM
P. De Lit
Department of Applied Mechanic Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Brahim Rekiek
Department of Applied Mechanics - University of Brussels (ULB) Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50 - CP 165, B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUM
Fabrice Pellichero
Department of Applied Mechanics - University of Brussels (ULB) Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50 - CP 165, B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUM
Alain Delchambre
Department of Applied Mechanics, University of Brussels, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50-CP 165
B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUM
The objective of the CISAL research project is to provide the designer with a new computer tool for interactive product and assembly line design. The software under development will present the great advantage of being applicable to multi-variant products, leading to a unique assembly line for assembling all variants. It is subdivided into three main modules, with possible feedback between these: product analysis, operating modes and assembly techniques, and line layout. In this paper, we present the framework of the project and part of the Man Machine Interface (MMI) of the software to illustrate the methodology.