Uncertainty management in process planning for PCB assembly

Author

Srihari, K. ; Emerson, C.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

1-3 Oct 1990

Firstpage

290

Lastpage

296

Abstract

Computer-aided process planning (CAPP) systems are an ideal application for expert system (ES) techniques in manufacturing. The design of a prototype CAPP system that can deal with the uncertainty that is an integral part of every manufacturing facility is described. The implementation of a nonmonotonic reasoning system (NMRS) and an educated-guess mechanism are discussed. In this case, the example is a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The uses of uncertainty management techniques in dealing with the dynamic and uncertain nature of a PCB manufacturing facility are considered

Keywords

assembling; decision support systems; manufacturing data processing; printed circuit manufacture; CAPP system; PCB assembly; computer-aided process planning; educated-guess mechanism; expert system; manufacturing facility; nonmonotonic reasoning system; process planning; uncertainty management techniques; Application software; Assembly; Computer aided manufacturing; Expert systems; Manufacturing processes; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Process planning; Production facilities; Prototypes; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Manufacturing Technology Symposium, 1990 Proceedings, Competitive Manufacturing for the Next Decade. IEMT Symposium, Ninth IEEE/CHMT International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMT9.1990.115021

Filename

115021