Computer-Aided Design of Flexible Assembly Systems

Information

• NSF Award
• 8417949

Owner

• The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

• Award Id

  8417949

• Award Effective Date

  8/15/1985 - 38 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  1/31/1988 - 36 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 484,232.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This research has two objectives: an economic model of flexible assembly systems that embodies accepted accounting practices, describes different part management methods, and allows different types of technology, different production batching strategies, and different product life cycles to be described; and assembly system design aids that help a designer to identify suitable assembly sequences, select assembly equipment (people, robots, fixed workheads, assembly cells) in the best mix, and create a system floor layout so that production volume, model mix, and economic return goals are met. The approach is to modify and extend two software programs, packaging and documenting them so that they can be distributed to industrial firms. An attempt will be made to generate an "expert system" for design purposes. Finally, various assemblies will be characterized as networks. These will be studied to determine their suitability for generating assembly sequences.

• Program Officer

  K. (Cheena) Srinivasan

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/12/1985 - 38 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  9/15/1987 - 36 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc

• City

  Cambridge

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  555 Technology Square - M/S 07

• Postal Code

  021393563

• Phone Number

  6172582761

• First Name

  Daniel

• Last Name

  Whitney

• Email Address

  dwhitney@mit.edu

• Start Date

  8/15/1985 12:00:00 AM