Virtual Manufacturing (la Fabrication virtuelle)
Abstract
Virtual Manufacturing (VM) is an integrated, synthetic manufacturing environment exercised to enhance all levels of decision and control. This process uses product, process and resource models to evaluate the producibility and affordability of new product concepts prior to commitment to the final product design. Design processes are captured in the single geometric database and integrated with the planned manufacturing processes resulting in a simulation of the manufacturing environment. The critical questions of manufacturing cycle time, people resource requirements and physical resource requirements for various scenarios are quantified with simulation. Thus, Virtual Manufacturing (VM) is a tool to achieve more affordable aircraft designs and operate in new modes characterized by reduced design cycles and risk reducing techniques.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA346507
Entities
Organizations
- AGARD