Virtual Manufacturing

Virtual Manufacturing (VM) is the use of computer models and simulations of manufacturing processes to aid in the design and production of manufactured products.

Below are several documents related to VM:

• A brief description of VM, with pointers to relevant research

• Contribution to Virtual Manufacturing Background Research, Phase I
  This report assesses what research and applications are relevant to key aspects of virtual manufacturing, identifies gaps in these research and application efforts, and presents our outlook for the future of virtual manufacturing technologies.

• Contribution to Virtual Manufacturing Background Research, Phase II
  This report identifies areas in which VM may have a significant impact beyond the state of the art, and discusses prospects for the use of VM tools over the Internet.

• Database of VM Research Projects
  Look up a VM research project in our database, or submit information on your project for possible inclusion in it

• A Simple Virtual Manufacturing Tool -- ACIS to STEP file Translator
  An on-line VM tool that translates ACIS sat files to STEP files.

• Automated Manufacturability Analysis: A Survey
  This paper surveys the current state of the art in automated manufacturability analysis, and discusses existing research challenges and future directions.

• IMACS (Interactive Manfacturability Analysis and Critiquing System)
  A system that evaluates the manufacturability of complex machined parts by generating and evaluating operation plans.

• OSPAM (Optimal Selection of Partners in Agile Manufacturing)
  A decision support system for design critiquing and partner selection.

• Virtual Manufacturing User Workshop
  This report by Lawrence Associates, Inc. summarizes the issues, conclusions and recommendations generated at the Virtual Manufacturing User Workshop held in Dayton, Ohio on 12-13 July 1994.
  Also available in Word for Windows 6.0 format.

• Virtual Manufacturing Technical Workshop
  This report by Lawrence Associates, Inc. summarizes the issues, conclusions and recommendations generated at the Virtual Manufacturing Technical Workshop held in Dayton, Ohio on 25-26 October 1994.
  Also available in Word for Windows 6.0 format.

• Virtual Factories
  Virtual Factories presented at the Global Virtual Manufacturing 1997 Conference in Detroit, Michigan.

This page was last edited on March 25, 1997. If you have any problems with it, please contact Edward Yi-Tzer Lin by email at lin@isr.umd.edu.

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