An adaptive machining fixture design system for automatically dealing with design changes

Abstract

Integrated product and process design involves a dynamic environment where various design changes are made when the requirements of the different domains are not sufficiently met. Dealing with changes is a tedious and cumbersome process. To deal with design changes automatically, this paper presents the development of an adaptive fixture design system based on an evolutionary search algorithm. The system senses a change made to the workpiece model and automatically deals with the change. Conducted experiments reveal that the evolutionary search algorithm is efficient and effective in dealing with design changes adoptively. Copyright © 2007 by ASME.