Parameter control assisting morphological product conceptualization of multi-technology-machine-tools
Year: 2017
Editor: Anja Maier, Stanko Škec, Harrison Kim, Michael Kokkolaras, Josef Oehmen, Georges Fadel, Filippo Salustri, Mike Van der Loos
Author: Schmid, Alexander; Jacobs, Georg; Löwer, Manuel; Katzwinkel, Tim; Schmidt, Walter; Siebrecht, Justus
Series: ICED
Institution: RWTH Aachen, Germany
Section: Design Processes, Design Organisation and Management
Page(s): 149-158
ISBN: 978-1-904670-90-2
ISSN: 2220-4342
Abstract
Product conceptualization is an essential part of each product emergence process. A valid and context-sensitive selection and validation of appropriate product concepts in early stages of product development is challenging. The major reference for subsequently synthesizing overall out of individual solutions represents the morphological analysis, for a systematic heuristic generation of product concepts. This paper addresses a multi-stage design process for a holistic and quantitative morphological analysis and synthesis based on relation-oriented functional modelling. General object is to manage complex problems which do not necessarily suffer by combinatorial explosion. A similarity based product conceptualization is carried out by a Euclidian distance measure for the selection of well-balanced and robust overall concepts. Therefore, various target systems including functionality, economic efficiency and innovation potential are considered during assessment for a systematic combination. A validation and evaluation is performed by an integrative sheet metal forming center.
Keywords: Complexity, Conceptual design, Design methods, Functional modelling, Morphological analysis