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Using constraints at the conceptual stage of the design of carton erection (2010)
Journal Article

Cartons are a common way to package many consumer goods. If new designs are used it is necessary to simulate their erection to ensure that this works correctly, particularly at high speed. In this paper, constraint-based techniques are used to model... Read More about Using constraints at the conceptual stage of the design of carton erection.

The barriers to realising sustainable process improvement: A root cause analysis of paradigms for manufacturing systems improvement (2010)
Journal Article

To become world-class, manufacturing organisations employ an array of tools and methods to realise process improvement. However, many of these fail to meet expectations and/or bring about new less well understood problems. Hence, prior to developing... Read More about The barriers to realising sustainable process improvement: A root cause analysis of paradigms for manufacturing systems improvement.

Constraint-based simulation of carton folding operations (2010)
Journal Article

Cartons are a common means for packaging a variety of items. These are usually "erected" by dedicated machines which fold the carton into shape from a flat net. When there is a need to use new forms of cartons, dedicated machinery may not be appropri... Read More about Constraint-based simulation of carton folding operations.

Constraint modelling of food processing systems (2010)
Journal Article

Constraint modelling of food processing systems (2010)
Journal Article

Book Review: Handbook of automation, Springer (2010)
Journal Article

Late customisation: Issues of mass customisation in the food industry (2010)
Journal Article

The strategy of mass customisation is being increasingly adopted as companies seek to exploit market trends for greater product variety and individualisation. The implications of changing to mass customisation practice are considerable, where traditi... Read More about Late customisation: Issues of mass customisation in the food industry.

A contemporary study into the application of neural network techniques employed to automate CAD/CAM integration for die manufacture (2009)
Journal Article

In recent years, collaborative research between academia and industry has intensified in finding a successful approach to take the information from a computer generated drawings of products such as casting dies, and produce optimal manufacturing proc... Read More about A contemporary study into the application of neural network techniques employed to automate CAD/CAM integration for die manufacture.

An information support approach for machine design & building companies (2009)
Journal Article

The recording of information regarding machine function, performance, and failure, which is generated during the machine development, commissioning, and service is vital to an organization. Previous research has shown this information is often poorly... Read More about An information support approach for machine design & building companies.

A constraint-net approach to the resolution of conflicts in a product with multi-technology requirements (2009)
Journal Article

While many procedures exist to support the systematic development of a product, it is often difficult to create an environment in which the early stages of the design are resolved. This can particularly happen when the product design is based upon a... Read More about A constraint-net approach to the resolution of conflicts in a product with multi-technology requirements.

Case study: Constraint-based improvement of an overwrapping machine (2009)
Journal Article

The paper presents the successful application of a constraint-based modelling to improve the performance of an overwrapping packaging machine. The constraint-based modelling was employed to manipulate the geometry of the individual components and the... Read More about Case study: Constraint-based improvement of an overwrapping machine.

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

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

Book Review: Decision making in the manufacturing environment: Using graph theory and fuzzy multiple attribute decision making methods (2009)
Journal Article

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.

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.