Modeling the integration between technological product specifications and inspection process

✍ Scribed by R. Hunter; J. Perez; J. Marquez; J.C. Hernandez

• Book ID: 104023601
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 721 KB
• Volume: 191
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0924-0136
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.03.056

✦ Synopsis

The integration between part design and inspection process design can be carried out on three main levels: geometry, dimensions and tolerances. Usually, the integration of these levels is only carried out at the geometry level, without a complete integration of the dimension and tolerance levels. For this reason, this research establishes a new approach to modeling and automating the part and inspection process design through the integration of part geometry and geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) in a knowledge based system (KBS).

In this context, the information related to part design and inspection process design has been described and integrated in a knowledge model. This model establishes the connection among part geometry, GD&T and dimensional inspection process knowledge. This model has been used to develop a prototype knowledge based system in order to validate the automation of the inspection process.