Assembly sequence planning is the most important part of an assembly process planning and researches into this issue have been carrying out in the world wide. However, currently there is no systematic assembly sequence planning method. For this reason...
Assembly sequence planning is the most important part of an assembly process planning and researches into this issue have been carrying out in the world wide. However, currently there is no systematic assembly sequence planning method. For this reason, a new approach is required to develop a planning strategy and algorithm to implement the assembly sequence planning system. Firstly, assembly feature is here defined as an information carrier for assembly-specific information. With the aim of enabling efficient and effective development of assembly sequence planning system by making full use of assembly feature, an ontology-based approach to modeling assembly feature is presented. The ontology-based assembly feature models are hierarchically organized. Based on the ontology framework, automatic generation of assembly sequence algorithm is designed to generate all feasible assembly sequences by assembly feature matching. In order to development of the prototype software system, the architecture of assembly sequence planning system is designed. This system is very useful tool for planner to make determination and finish the assembly sequence planning.