Print Email Facebook Twitter Harnessing the potential of Knowledge Based Engineering in manufacturing design Title Harnessing the potential of Knowledge Based Engineering in manufacturing design Author Van den Berg, T. Contributor Van Tooren, M.J.L. (promotor) Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Flight Performance and Propulsion Date 2013-12-18 Abstract An increase in productivity is required for the European aviation industry to remain competitive in a world with rising competition, shorter development timescales, more complex products and decreasing numbers of technically skilled personnel. Fokker Elmo, a Dutch aircraft electrical wiring harness manufacturer, is facing these challenges. At present, preparing a wiring harness for manufacturing is a repetitive, time-consuming and mostly manual, experience-based process. The research presented in this thesis aims at developing techniques to largely automate the generation of wiring harness manufacturing drawings, using Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE). A development approach is proposed as well as KBE building blocks. Three KBE applications are developed and tested that offer functionalities not present in general-purpose CAD systems. These applications can considerably reduce the amount of repetitive work, while ensuring compliance to physical constraints and manufacturing guidelines. Subject Knowledge Based Engineeringsearchmanufacturingautomationwiringformboard To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:d44876fe-45dd-44ae-8947-622613eb963c Embargo date 2013-12-18 ISBN 9789462034761 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2013 Van den Berg, T. Files PDF PhD_thesis_Tobie_van_den_ ... _Delft.pdf 48.98 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d44876fe-45dd-44ae-8947-622613eb963c/datastream/OBJ/view