Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing 1999

ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-133-4

The International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) has a rich and time-tested tradition of excellence culminating in the FAIM 99 Conference at Tilburg University in The Netherlands. The first conference, "Factory Automation and Information Management," was hosted in March 1991 by the University of Limerick, Ireland. Authors from more than 18 countries contributed over 100 papers. The second conference, "Flexible Automation and Information Management," was hosted by Virginia Tech in Washington, DC, in June 1992. The third conference, "Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing," was hosted in June, 1993 by the University of Limerick, Ireland. The fourth conference was held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia in May 1994. The fifth conference was held at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Management, University of Stuttgart, Germany, in June 1995. The sixth international conference was conducted in May 1996 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The seventh FAIM conference was sponsored by the European Process Industries Competitiveness Centre (EPICC) at the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, in June 1997. Last year's conference, FAIM'98, was sponsored by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with generous assistance from Oregon State University and the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education. Next year, FAIM 2000 will be organized by the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland on June 26-28, 2000.
This year, authors from approximately 26 countries have contributed 100 papers, and as in the case of previous FAIM conferences, each paper has been thoroughly reviewed. The papers cover the following themes:
Emerging Trends in Manufacturing
Concurrent Engineering
Enterprise Re-engineering
Computer Aided Design
Product and Process Design
Process Planning
Design for Assembly
Design of Assembly Line
Cellular Manufacturing
Automated Material Handling
Production Planning
Queueing / Simulation in Manufacturing
Scheduling and Control
Flexible Automation & Robotics
Sensors
Process Control
Costing & Economics of Automation
Electronics Manufacturing
Information Technology in Manufacturing
Maintenance and Total Quality Management
Manufacturers today must compete in dynamic markets which demand excellence in areas of cost, quality, innovativeness and time to market. They must master rapidly changing materials and process technologies. They need to achieve short product development cycles, expand product lines, and combat shrinking product life cycles in a global economy marked by rapid fluctuations and increasing competition.
Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing is based on advanced technologies, computer integrated product and process development, and related organizational methods that meet these changing conditions. FAIM 99 addresses applications of these technologies and methods to the manufacturing environment, from industrial and academic perspectives.

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Emerging Trends in Manufacturing

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT: A FOUNDATION FOR ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION Philip M. Wolfe, Vince Guess, Dwayne Rollier DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.20 pages 17-22

Concurrent Engineering

CISAL : AN EFFECTIVE TOOL TO DESIGN ASSEMBLY PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTION LINES J-F. Maree, Benoit Raucent, A. Spineux, J. Danloy, Frederic Petit, A. Leroy, P. De Lit, Brahim Rekiek, Fabrice Pellichero, Alain Delchambre DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.60 pages 63-74

Enterprise Reengineering

OPTIMIZING A METALLURGY PROCESS THROUGH THE CLEAN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY Nazareno Sabino, Isolete de Souza Dozol, Hilda Dephine Custodio, Kriftian Roger Bez Birollo DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.110 pages 115-126
AN ATTRIBUTE SCHEME OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS FLEXIBILITY An-Yuan Chang, David J. Whitehouse DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.120 pages 127-139

Computer Aided Design

CONTRIBUTION TO INTELLIGENT CAD/CAM SYSTEM Joze Balic, Franci Cus DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.140 pages 153-160
VISUALISATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN William F. Gaughran DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.150 pages 161-170

Product and Process Design

STRESS ANALYSIS OF THE TALUS C. J. Connor, Farhad Nabhani, R.J. Minns, P.J. Briggs DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.180 pages 193-200
PRODUCT FAMILY AND VARIANTS: DEFINITION AND MODELS Ip-Shing Fan, Chi-Kuang Liu DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.200 pages 213-224
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAKING PROTOTYPES: NC MACHINING VS RAPID PROTOTYPING Guangming Zhang, Mark Richardson, Lixun Qi DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.220 pages 235-243
GARP: GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR PART PACKING IN A RAPID PROTOTYPING MACHINE Ilkka Ikonen, William E. Biles, James E. Lewis, Anup Kumar, Rammohan K. Ragade DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.240 pages 255-264

Process Planning

FLEXIBLE AND DYNAMIC PROCESS PLANNING: A PETRI NET APPROACH Murat Erkoc, Nicholas G. Odrey DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.260 pages 279-290
A NEW APPROACH TO САРР M. Tolouei-Rad DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.280 pages 303-311
INTERACTIVE TOOL FOR AN OPTIMAL EQUIPMENT SELECTION Fabrice Pellichero, Brahim Rekiek, Emanuel Falkenauer, P. De Lit, Alain Delchambre DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.290 pages 313-323

Design for Assembly

Design of Assembly Line

FLEXFACTORY: AN ASSEMBLY PROCESS BASED CONCEPT FOR FLEXIBLY AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS Jeroen A.W.M. Vos, Ton Storm, Marcel Tichem, H.J.J. Kals DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.350 pages 387-401
OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN OF AN ASSEMBLY LINE Philippe Chevalier, Benoit Raucent, Pierre Semal DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.370 pages 415-424
DESIGN OF AGILE FACTORY LAYOUTS Saifallah Benjaafar DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.380 pages 425-439
OPTIMIZATION OF ASSEMBLY PATHS THROUGH A QUANTIFICATION OF ASSEMBLY DIFFICULTY Jayavardhan N. Marehalli, Robert H. Sturges DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.390 pages 441-449

Cellular Manufacturing

IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRULY FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY CELL Arnulf Horn, Huw J. Lewis DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.400 pages 453-459
PARALLEL FUZZY CLUSTERING OF PARTS AND MACHINES FOR CELLULAR MANUFACTURING D. Dobado, S. Lozano, I. Eguia, J. Larraneta DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.420 pages 473-187
Application of the Hopfield-Tank model to part-machine grouping D. Canca, L. Onieva, F. Guerrero, J. Racero DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.430 pages 489-499
FORMATION OF TEAMS IN A MULTI-SHIFT SITUATION Jannes Slomp, Nallan C. Suresh DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.460 pages 525-538

Automated Material Handling

SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF MULTI-LOAD AGVS Carlos Saenz, Carlos D. Paternina Arboleda, Suresh K. Khator DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.480 pages 551-561
A PERFORMABILITY INDEX FOR ESTIMATING MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM RELIABILITY John S. Usher, Mickey R. Wilhelm, William E. Biles, Wanna Prechatavanit DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.520 pages 599-605

Production Planning

MULTI-PROJECT ROUGH-CUT CAPACITY PLANNING Ronald De Boer, Marco Schutten DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.550 pages 631-644
PULL TYPE CONTROL MECHANISMS AND ADVANCE INFORMATION ON CUSTOMER ORDERS Fikri Karaesmen, John A. Buzacott, Yves Dallery DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.560 pages 645-653

Queueing / Simulation in Manufacturing

LUMBER YIELD ESTIMATION BASED ON THE METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES Urs Buehlmann, Robert Noble, D. Earl Kline DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.570 pages 657-673
A QUEUEING BASED ANALYSIS OF A PACKING LINE Nico Vandaele, Liesje De Boeck, Dominiek Callewier DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.580 pages 675-689
Adaptive Simulation Systems for Reducing Uncertainty of Predictions Gerald Weigert, Sebastian Werner, Wilfried Sauer DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.590 pages 691-701

Scheduling and Control

GENERIC CONCEPTS FOR HOLONIC MANUFACTURING CONTROL Luc Bongaerts, Hendrik Van Brussel, Paul Valckenaers DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.630 pages 749-760
METHODOLOGY TO INTEGRATE SIMULATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF SHOP FLOOR SYSTEMS Patrick Peeters, Hendrik Van Brussel, Paul Valckenaers, Jo Wyns DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.640 pages 761-771
ADAPTABLE REAL-TIME SCHEDULING USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS H.M. Nureldin, R.F. O'Connor, A.W. Duffill DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.660 pages 783-788
A FLEXIBLE AGENT BASED FRAMEWORK FOR MANUFACTURING DECISION-MAKING N. Papakostas, D. Mourtzis, K Bechrakis, G. Chryssolouris, D. Doukas, R. Doyle DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.670 pages 789-800

Flexible Automation and Robotics

QUANTIFYING ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY CAPABILITY A REVIEW AND A PROSPECTUS Robert H. Sturges, Mohan R. Sainani DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.700 pages 823-834
AN "OFF-LINE" PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS By Altamir Dias, Leonardo B. Toledo, Michael P. Deisenroth DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.710 pages 835-845

Sensors

A RGB-CAMERA BASED SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING THERMAL RADIATORS Dieter Schmidradler, Thomas Berndorfer, Alexander Brenner, Walter van Dyck DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.740 pages 869-879

Process Control

DESIGN OF A HIERARCHICAL CONTROL STRATEGY USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING IN A FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY CELL Marco E. Sanjuan, Carlos D. Paternina, William A. Miller DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.780 pages 917-928
QUALITY CLASSIFICATION AND PROCESS CONTROL OF MICRO-SPOT LASER WELDING A.H.M. Blom, J.O. Brassel, M. von Brocke, M. Mittler DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.790 pages 929-941

Costing and Economics of Automation

PRELIMINARY COST MODELLING FOR PROCESS VESSELS A. M. Gerrard, J. Brass DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.800 pages 945-952
OPTIMIZING COSTS IN INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES USING AN OBJECT ORIENTED HARDWARE CONCEPT Thomas Berndorfer, Alexander Brenner, Dieter Schmidradler, Zsolt Tamasi DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.820 pages 971-979

Electronics Manufacturing

AN INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR SMT ASSEMBLY LINES Marco A. B. Candido, Paulo Cesar Brochonski DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.850 pages 997-1007
DECISION SUPPORT FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ASSEMBLY AND REFLOW TECHNOLOGY PROCESS S. Ramakrishnan, K. Srihari, G.R. Westby DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.860 pages 1009-1020
"OPTIMIZATION" OF THE STENCIL PRINTING OF ADHESIVES USING A PLASTIC STENCIL S. Prasad, K. Srihari, Jude DiLella, J.H. Adriance DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.870 pages 1021-1031

Information Technology in Manufacturing

DESIGNING EFFECTIVE MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEMS Richard E. Billo, Bopaya Bidanda DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.910 pages 1071-1081
DATA BASE WITH OPEN ARCHITECTURE FOR DEFINING MANUFACTURING SYSTEM CAPABILITIES Jan Duda, Jacek Habel, Marian Kwatera, Andrzej Samek DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.920 pages 1083-1094
THE MILLINUM BUG: EVALUATION AND SOLUTION Muhammad A. Obeidat DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.930 pages 1095-1105

Maintenance and Total Quality Management

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO MAINTENANCE MODELLING Liliane Pintelon, Geert Waeyenbergh DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.940 pages 1109-1119
TPM: COMMON SENSE, BUT IS IT COMMON PRACTICE? David Yarrow, Rob White, Ed Mitchell DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.960 pages 1133-1144
WARRANTIES FOR SECOND-HAND PRODUCTS D N P (Pra) Murthy, Gopinath Chattopadhyay DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1999.970 pages 1145-1159