Assembly Simulation in the Design Process in a Distributed Environment

Published

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Deogratias Kibira, William Reiter, Paul Maropoulos

Abstract

Simulation technology i s applicable across a distributed enterprise in the pursuit of bringing high quality products to the market in minimum time. The proliferation of computing technology and software applications now makes simulations available to many organizations in an enterprise. Significant focus has been devoted to manufacturing facility simulation and the automation o f these simulations. The focus in this paper is assembly simulation early in a product design process in a distributed environment. The authors introduce a simulation framework, activity model, distributed simulation architecture, neutral data interfaces, and a case study of the use of assembly simulation early in the design process in a collaborative distributed environment.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of the CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems

Conference Location

, USA

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

assembly simulation, data standards, manufacturing simulation

Citation

McLean, C. , Kibira, D. , Reiter, W. and Maropoulos, P. (2003), Assembly Simulation in the Design Process in a Distributed Environment, Proceedings of the CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, , USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822009 (Accessed October 1, 2025)