METHOD FOR DESIGNING AN ASSEMBLED PRODUCT AND PRODUCT ASSEMBLY SYSTEM

摘要

A method for designing a product processing apparatus. The method includes: providing a design of a product processing apparatus; providing a representation of the product processing apparatus; providing a representation of a product; providing a representation of a product package; simulating the interactions of any combination of the product, apparatus, and package as a set of transformations utilizing the product, apparatus, and/or package representations; creating a surrogate model for at least one transformation of the set utilizing the simulation results; evaluating the performance of the apparatus utilizing the set of surrogate models of the transformations; and altering the design of the apparatus according to the evaluation.

主权项

1. A method for designing a product processing apparatus, the method comprising:
a. providing a design of a product processing apparatus; b. providing a representation of the product processing apparatus; c. providing a representation of a product; d. quantifying the interactions of combinations of the product and apparatus as a set of transformations utilizing the product and apparatus representations; e. creating a surrogate model for each of at least two transformations of the set utilizing the quantification results; f. evaluating the performance of the apparatus utilizing the set of surrogate models of the transformations; g. altering the design of the apparatus according to the evaluation.