EXPERT KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORK DRIVEN HYBRID MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

Methods (600) for hybrid manufacturing and planning and corresponding systems (700) and computer-readable mediums (726). A method includes receiving (602), by the data processing system (700), a computer-aided-design (CAD) model (750) of a part to be manufactured and tools definitions (752) of tools available for a manufacturing process. The method includes instantiating (604) a virtual workpiece (754). The method includes instantiating (606) the tools definitions (752) against a manufacturing ontology (756) to produce virtual tools (758). The method includes receiving (608) operations (764) for the virtual tools (758). The method includes searching (610) for combinations of the operations (764) to be performed on the virtual workpiece (754) to make the virtual workpiece (754) correspond to the CAD model (750). The method includes identifying (612) possible manufacturing solutions (760) according to the search. The method includes selecting (614) a manufacturing plan (762) from the possible manufacturing solutions (760).