An Assembly Process Model Involved Resource for Complex Products

Fixtures, tools, and other assembly resources have an important role in the assembly of complex products, so it is very necessary to consider the interactive relationship between the resources model and the product model for assembly order planning in 3D environment. Firstly, the features of assembly process planning involved resources are analyzed. Secondly, the concept of the assembly process intention (AsmPI) is introduced, and an assembly process can be divided into an AsmPI sequence. Thirdly, based on the graph theory, a resource-involved assembly process model is built up. At last, setting a typical structure as an example, the validity of this modeling method is verified.