Abstract

Partitioning, development, fabrication, and management of construction blocks of modular products still heavily rely on manual labor of sophisticated designers because existing representation models seldom have automatic capability of product data processing for modular product development. To cope with this challenge, a framework for building an efficient representation model for modular product development has been developed. First, the framework redefines some very important concepts in order to make them clear and accurate. Second, the framework proposes a generic structure for modular products, which comes from the analysis and synthesis of real cases of modular product development in industry. Third, concept formalization is brought forward to facilitate manufacturers to establish responding ontology while the development process for modular product development ontology is provided as a simple reference for manufacturers to build their own modular product development ontology. Last, the analysis shows that the proposed approach is feasible, and may assist manufacturers to establish modular product development ontology for automation in modular product development.

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