An optimization tool for assembly workcell layout
CA 2325005 A1 · Owner: Dassault Systemes · Inventors: Barral, David
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A method and system for optimizing the assembly workcell layout in the context of industrial robotic CAD/CAM/CAE software products. The criterion to be minimized, is the cycle time for completing a given sequence of operations which is , achieved by, determining the relative positions of peripheral machines on the workcell floor. The, method is constructive: each machine is placed one at a time in the robot neighborhood, by means of a modified simulated annealing method. This method yields several possible, and optimal positions for a machine and several layouts are thus obtained at the end of, execution.
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- Filed November 2, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 2, 2020.
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