Arvind Rangarajan
Sponsored by CODEF
Abstract- Factories of the digital future would require simulation and
optimization of processes and process chains before establishing the
actual line using very specific procedures. There is tremendous scope
for reducing significantly the lead time for production and costs by
employing planning tools for virtual machining. P4 is designed to address
challenges faced by automobile industries to integrate developments
in technology based software and pave way for defect free process plans.
P4 presents a novel way to plan each process as an independent entity
that exists as part of a sequence. Face milling is used as an example
in this report to demonstrate the various concepts that form the core
of P4.
Keywords: process planning, probabilistic, precision.
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