All Outputs (56)

Annotation of lightweight formats for long-term product representations (2009)
Journal Article

Companies operating in today's global economy are increasingly expected to manage the entire lifecycle of their products, and are finding advantage in a distributed, collaborative working style. However, existing three-dimensional computer-aided desi... Read More about Annotation of lightweight formats for long-term product representations.

Understanding machine-material interaction: A practitioner’s guide (2009)
Book

A modelling approach for dedicated machinery to support the effects of mass customisation (2009)
Journal Article

In recent years the strategy of mass customisation has become being increasingly adopted as manufacturers seek to exploit market trends for greater product variety and individualisation. The implications of changing to mass customisation practice are... Read More about A modelling approach for dedicated machinery to support the effects of mass customisation.

Understanding machine-material interaction: An illustrated workbook (2009)
Book

Machine configuration analysis using multi instance modelling (2008)
Journal Article

The design practices used within small special purpose machine design companies often mean that they produce machines that are tailored for the specific requirements of a customer. This can lead to an unnecessarily large family of machines, supported... Read More about Machine configuration analysis using multi instance modelling.

A constraint-based approach for assessing the capabilities of existing designs to handle product variation (2008)
Thesis

All production machinery is designed with an inherent capability to handle slight variations in product. This is initially achieved by simply providing adjustments to allow, for example, changes that occur in pack sizes to be accommodated, through us... Read More about A constraint-based approach for assessing the capabilities of existing designs to handle product variation.

An approach to investigating the capability of manufacturing equipment for handling food product variation (2008)
Journal Article

Towards an integrated CADCAM process for the production of forming shoulders with exact geometry (2007)
Journal Article

This paper considers the application of advanced CADCAM techniques for the production of the complex machine tooling used in packaging fast-moving consumer goods. In particular, the paper discusses the practical considerations and design issues that... Read More about Towards an integrated CADCAM process for the production of forming shoulders with exact geometry.

An approach to analyze design configuration of discrete manufacturing systems for processing variant products (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Product representation in lightweight formats for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Book Review: Manufacturing optimization through intelligent techniques (2007)
Journal Article

Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment (2006)
Journal Article

Over the last decade the UK food processing industry has become increasing competitive. This leads the sector to maintain high numbers of product variations. Although some of these products are stable over long periods, others are short lived or seas... Read More about Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment.

Methodology for evaluating design capability by use of limits modelling (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A constraint-based modelling approach, to assess the capability of food processing equipment to handle product variation (2006)
Book Chapter

For design and development engineers, difficulties arise ensuring that existing manufacturing equipment has the potential to handle both large product variation and complexity of process. The food processing industry maintains the highest number of p... Read More about A constraint-based modelling approach, to assess the capability of food processing equipment to handle product variation.

Constraint modelling as a means for understanding the limitations of a design and its performance (2006)
Book Chapter

When new design tasks are undertaken, knowledge of the design area is often ill-understood and the appropriate design rules are unclear. What are more apparent are the constraints which place limits upon the allowable forms of feasible design. This p... Read More about Constraint modelling as a means for understanding the limitations of a design and its performance.

Embedding general constraint resolution into a CAD system
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Computer aided design (CAD) has facilitated designer's task by automating many of the activities involved in a conventional design process. This can be further augmented by use of constraints in CAD systems. However there is still need for incorporat... Read More about Embedding general constraint resolution into a CAD system.