Product platforms can be used as an enabler for offering a wide variety of products to the market, while keeping the development cost down. Reusing knowledge in new designs is a key concept of product platforms, whether it is about reusing entire parts, or reusing ideas and concepts. The Configurable Component (CC) concept is one way of describing a product platform, and is based on autonomous subsystems that are not fixed, but have a bandwidth within which they can vary. These systems are configured to fit the set of requirements resulting in product variants. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) as a complementing business strategy deals with integrating processes, information, systems and people across the product lifecycle to support the development of complex products. This paper describes a case study where the CC concept is successfully implemented in a PLM environment to allow configuration of the systems in relation to each other. The focal point of this paper is configuration of the geometrical interfaces between sub systems. A car door from a Swedish car manufacturer, known for the tight fit in assembly, is used as an example. In this case, there are two requirements on the assembly. First, the assembly cannot be far from nominal, thus requiring robust interfaces between the ingoing parts. Second, the window must be mountable. The result is a PLM architecture with a Product Data Management (PDM) system, a Computer Aided Design (CAD) tool, two Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools and a configurator, all integrated.
Skip Nav Destination
ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 28–31, 2011
Washington, DC, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
ISBN:
978-0-7918-5479-2
PROCEEDINGS PAPER
PLM Architecture for Optimization of Geometrical Interfaces in a Product Platform Available to Purchase
Christoffer Levandowski,
Christoffer Levandowski
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Search for other works by this author on:
Peter Edholm,
Peter Edholm
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Search for other works by this author on:
Fredrik Ekstedt,
Fredrik Ekstedt
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics, Gothenburg, Sweden
Search for other works by this author on:
Johan Carlson,
Johan Carlson
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics, Gothenburg, Sweden
Search for other works by this author on:
Rikard So¨derberg,
Rikard So¨derberg
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Search for other works by this author on:
Hans Johannesson
Hans Johannesson
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Search for other works by this author on:
Christoffer Levandowski
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Peter Edholm
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Fredrik Ekstedt
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics, Gothenburg, Sweden
Johan Carlson
Fraunhofer-Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics, Gothenburg, Sweden
Rikard So¨derberg
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Hans Johannesson
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Paper No:
DETC2011-47801, pp. 1237-1244; 8 pages
Published Online:
June 12, 2012
Citation
Levandowski, C, Edholm, P, Ekstedt, F, Carlson, J, So¨derberg, R, & Johannesson, H. "PLM Architecture for Optimization of Geometrical Interfaces in a Product Platform." Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 2: 31st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts A and B. Washington, DC, USA. August 28–31, 2011. pp. 1237-1244. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-47801
Download citation file:
13
Views
Related Proceedings Papers
Related Articles
Application of Polynomial Chaos Expansion to Tolerance Analysis and Synthesis in Compliant Assemblies Subject to Loading
J. Mech. Des (March,2015)
Information Integration Framework For Product Life-Cycle Management of Diverse Data
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng (December,2004)
JCISE Editorial – August 2022
J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng (August,2022)
Related Chapters
CAD/CAE Simulation Optimization
Taguchi Methods: Benefits, Impacts, Mathematics, Statistics and Applications
The Reverse Engineering Design Applied on Santana's Front Door Outer Panel Based On the CAD Software
International Conference on Instrumentation, Measurement, Circuits and Systems (ICIMCS 2011)
Integration of PDM, ERP and MES through Single Source of Product Data for Product Design and Development
International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering (ICACTE 2009)