The Research On Configuration Design For Assemble To Order

With the advancement of technology and the development of economy, great change has taken place in market environment. Hence, Companies have to supply variability of products in a short time for customers. Now Configuration design as a rapid design technology is being studied greatly. With the support from the project of Computer integrated Production Engineering and the study of product modeling, the configuration design theory and technology for Assemble to Order (ATO) are focused on in this paper. The development of Configuration Design System is also study and these research achievements are put into practice in an instrument example.In the 1^st chapter, the research background of this dissertation is described. Configuration Design definitions, theories, systems and its application are reviewed and analyzed, and the characters of study subject, ATO product, are discussed. Then the main content and structure of this dissertation are given.In the 2nd chapter, Configuration Design Technology of ATO product is compared with that of other kinds' product. And Configuration Design theory and key technologies are studied. Basing on the fundamental of Product Configuration Design, the process of configuration is divided into 3 phases. The data according to different objects in configuration is divided into 5 domains, and the relations among these domains are analyzed.In the 3rd chapter, Configuration Model for ATO product is proposed. The model is composed of Product Main Model (PMM) and Configuration Rules (CR). The PMM is modeled on product structure models and product function models. CR is also discussed in the dissertation, and Configuration Units and Configuration Center are established to deal with CR.Chapter 4 focuses on the study of Configuration Problem Solving for ATO product. The method of Matching Configuration Rules is presented to solve configuration problem. And two matching ways, Breadth First Search and Depth First Search, are also discussed.In the 5^th chapter, the development and implementation of Configuration Design System for ATO product are discussed. The requirements for Configuration Design System are analyzed, and its architecture is established. Based on this architecture, the development and implementation of the system are addressed, and main functions are also introduced.