Configuring and Exploring the Foundry Trade Space

Abstract

ARL has developed a software architecture and supporting analysis tools to allow decision makers to first explore the broad range of possibilities of foundries that can be used to manufacture complex systems such as armored vehicles, and then to converge in the decision making to a final foundry configuration that represents a consensus choice of a decision-making team. To test and validate the architecture, ARL built a number of foundry testbeds for artifacts ranging from a commonly available commercial truck transmission to a typical Amphibious Combat Vehicle such as will be addressed under DARPA's Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) program. Components have included higher level sub-assemblies, parametric parts, arbitrary geometry machine components, and catalog items. Our effort has proved the validity of the architecture for supporting AVM, and reaffirmed the critical position of automated process planning capability on the path to AVM program success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA564500

Entities

People

  • Michael Yukish

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Air Force
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Assembly
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer-Aided Manufacturing
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Geometry
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials
  • Software Design
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Space