Generative inspection process planner for integrated production

Conference · Sat Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6431366

Brown, C W ^[1]; Gyorog, D A ^[2]

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1. Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City, MO (USA). Kansas City Div.
2. Kansas Univ., Lawrence, KS (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

This work describes the design prototype development of a generative process planning system for dimensional inspection. The system, IPPEX (Inspection Process Planning EXpert), is a rule-based expert system for integrated production. Using as advanced product modeler, relational databases, and artificial intelligence techniques, IPPEX generates the process plan and part program for the dimensional inspection of products using CMMs. Through an application interface, the IPPEX system software accesses product definition from the product modeler. The modeler is a solid geometric modeler coupled with a dimension and tolerance modeler. Resource data regarding the machines, probes, and fixtures are queried from databases. IPPEX represents inspection process knowledge as production rules and incorporates an embedded inference engine to perform decision making. The IPPEX system, its functional architecture, system architecture, system approach, product modeling environment, inspection features, inspection knowledge, hierarchical planning strategy, user interface formats, and other fundamental issues related to inspection planning and part programming for CMMs are described. 27 refs., 16 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City, MO (USA). Kansas City Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00613
• OSTI ID: 6431366
• Report Number(s): KCP-613-4301; CONF-901194--5; ON: DE91000953
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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