Systematic Concurrent Design of Products, Equipments and Control Systems

Objective

The objective of SCOPES is to develop a system for the concurrent engineering of families of mechanical, electro-mechanical and electronic assemblies. The system will encompass the design of both the products and the production equipment and control systems used in their manufacture.

The work will cover the following aspects:

- product design, using design-for-assembly rules and recommendations
- assembly planning, based on geometrical and topological information about the product
- design of assembly cells using a database of existing equipment
- validation of cell design by simulation, taking into account scheduling, flow control and error recovery aspects
- scheduling, monitoring and work-flow control of the shop-floor assembly system, based on the results of simulation.

Pilot demonstrations are foreseen, covering manual and automated assembly scenarios. The consortium includes industrial members supplying CAD/CAM and shop-floor control systems, who will incorporate the results of the project into their products.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › control systems
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases
• natural sciences › physical sciences › classical mechanics › fluid mechanics › fluid dynamics

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

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Call for proposal

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Coordinator

TELEMECANIQUE

Address

45 Boulevard Franklin Roosevelt
92500 Rueil-malmaison
France

Participants (8)

Cranfield University

United Kingdom

Address

MK43 0AL Cranfield

DASSAULT SYSTEMES

France

Address

24-28 Avenue De General De Gaulle
92156 Suresnes

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE LAUSANNE

Switzerland

Address

Inf- Ecublens
1015 Lausanne

FICHTEL & SACHS

Germany

Address

Ernst Sachs Straße 62
97424 Schweinfurt

MEMZIKEN AUTOMATION MAT

Switzerland

Address

, 167
5737 Memziken

Mandelli SpA

Italy

Address

Via Caorsana 35-112
29100 Piacenza

UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART

Germany

Address

Nobelstrasse 12c
70569 Stuttgart

WTCM INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Belgium

Address

Rue Des Drapiers, 21
1050 Bruxelles