A new automatic design retrieval method that identifies the legacy product design most similar to a new one is proposed. Matching phylogenetic trees has been utilized in biological science for decades and is referred to as “tree reconciliation.” A new application of this approach in manufacturing is presented where legacy designs are retrieved based on reconciliation of trees representing products bill of materials (BOM). A product BOM is a structured tree, which represents its components and their hierarchal relationships; hence, it captures the contents and structure of assembled products. Making use of data associated with the retrieved designs also helps speed-up other downstream planning activities such as process planning, hence improving planning efficiency. A chemical processing centrifugal pump is used as a case study for illustration. The results obtained using the proposed method is compared with those recently published on BOM trees matching for further analysis and verification. This novel method is less computationally complex than available state-of-the-art algorithms.
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January 2014
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Product Design Retrieval by Matching Bills of Materials
H. ElMaraghy
H. ElMaraghy
e-mail: hae@uwindsor.ca
University of Windsor,
Windsor, ON N9B 3P4,
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) Centre
,University of Windsor,
401 Sunset Avenue
,Windsor, ON N9B 3P4,
Canada
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M. Kashkoush
e-mail: kashkou@uwindsor.ca
H. ElMaraghy
e-mail: hae@uwindsor.ca
University of Windsor,
Windsor, ON N9B 3P4,
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) Centre
,University of Windsor,
401 Sunset Avenue
,Windsor, ON N9B 3P4,
Canada
Contributed by the Design for Manufacturing Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN. Manuscript received February 7, 2013; final manuscript received August 29, 2013; published online October 17, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Janis Terpenny.
J. Mech. Des. Jan 2014, 136(1): 011002 (10 pages)
Published Online: October 17, 2013
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Received:
February 7, 2013
Revision Received:
August 29, 2013
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Kashkoush, M., and ElMaraghy, H. (October 17, 2013). "Product Design Retrieval by Matching Bills of Materials." ASME. J. Mech. Des. January 2014; 136(1): 011002. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4025489
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