19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, 2009

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https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3539

Editors: Rajkumar Roy and Essam Shehab
Organised by: Cranfield University
Sponsored by: Mori Seiki – The Machine Tool Company
ISBN: 978-0-9557436-4-1

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    Developing a current capability design for manufacture framework in the aerospace industry
    (Cranfield University Press, 2009-03-31) Whiteside, A.; Shehab, Essam; Beadle, Chris; Percival, M.; Rajkumar Roy; Essam Shehab
    During progressive product design and development in the aerospace industry, a lack of effective communication between the sequential functions of design, manufacturing and assembly often causes delays and setbacks whereby production capabilities are unable to realise design intent in high-complexity product models. As a result, there is a need to formalise the progressive release of an engineering model to production functions during New Product Introduction (NPI) via defining key stages of definition maturity and information requirements through a structured process. This paper describes the development of a framework to facilitate optimal ‘design for manufacture’ based on current manufacturing capabilities within the aerospace industry.
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    Enhancing digital design data availability in the aerospace industry
    (Cranfield University, 2009-03-31) Shehab, Essam; Bouin-Portet, M.; Hole, R.; Fowler, C.; Rajkumar Roy; Essam Shehab
    This paper presents the development of a framework to enhance the current utilisation of digital design data within the aerospace engineering discipline. The quality and timeliness of product design and development decisions depends on the data availability. Therefore, there is a need for enhancing the digital data availability in order to make better decisions in a shorter time, reducing the product lead time. This research project, which conduced in collaboration between Airbus in the UK and Cranfield University, has identified opportunities to exploit the access and sharing of digital data, specifically within the weight engineers and the stress population through the use of Digital Mock-Up colouring and lightweight visualization.
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