Conceptual Design of Tool Storage Based On Divergent Tree Method

摘要

The divergent tree method was adopted in this paper, and an illustrative example of tool storagerndesign in the machining center was given to describe the divergent thinking in the conceptual design process ofrnmechanical products. Firstly general divergent tree method was applied to get various schemes of storage, thenrnthe primary schemes were achieved by using the measure of known characteristics, finally the excellent degreernappraisal approach was applied to find out the optimum one. In addition, an intelligent computer aidedrnconceptual design system of tool storage based on divergent tree method and excellent degree appraisalrnapproach was demonstrated in this paper.