Accession Number:

ADA564500

Title:

Configuring and Exploring the Foundry Trade Space

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 29 Apr 2011-30 May 2012

Corporate Author:

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV STATE COLLEGE APPLIED RESEARCH LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Yukish, Michael

Report Date:

2012-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

88.0

Abstract:

ARL has developed a software architecture and supporting analysis tools to allow decision makers to first explore the broad range of possibilities of foundries that can be used to manufacture complex systems such as armored vehicles, and then to converge in the decision making to a final foundry configuration that represents a consensus choice of a decision-making team. To test and validate the architecture, ARL built a number of foundry testbeds for artifacts ranging from a commonly available commercial truck transmission to a typical Amphibious Combat Vehicle such as will be addressed under DARPAs Adaptive Vehicle Make AVM program. Components have included higher level sub-assemblies, parametric parts, arbitrary geometry machine components, and catalog items. Our effort has proved the validity of the architecture for supporting AVM, and reaffirmed the critical position of automated process planning capability on the path to AVM program success.

Descriptors:

• *DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
• *FOUNDRIES
• *INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
• COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
• COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING
• PLANNING
• TRADE OFF ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Fabrication Metallurgy
• Cybernetics
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE