Understanding Process Plans by Industrial Engineers

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Industrial engineers have to understand the current process plans of the organization and observe the current production practice. They should be able to notice deviations if any and find out the reasons for the deviations. Whatever industrial engineering changes they propose to process plans, they have to be finally incorporated into the process plans.

Process planning
Process planning involves the preparation for the manufacture of products.
Process planning deals with the selection and definition of the processes that have to be performed in order to transform raw material into a given shape.

Process planning in part manufacturing includes:

- the interpretation of the part design/drawing.

- the selection of machine tools.

- the selection of tool sets.

- the determination of set-ups.

- the design of fixtures.

- the determination of machining methods.

- the selection of cutting tools.

- the determination of machining sequences.

- the calculation of tool paths.

- the calculation of cutting conditions.

- the generation of NC programs.
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Aggregate assembly process planning for concurrent engineering
Laguda, Alima (2002) Aggregate assembly process planning for concurrent engineering. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.
2002
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Principles of Process Planning: A logical approach

G. Halevi, R. Weill
Springer Science & Business Media, 31-Dec-1994 - Technology & Engineering - 399 pages

Process planning determines how a product is to be manufactured and is therefore a key element in the manufacturing process. It plays a major part in determining the cost of components and affects all factory activities, company competitiveness, production planning, production efficiency and product quality. It is a crucial link between design and manufacturing. There are several levels of process planning activities. Early in product engineering and development, process planning is responsible for determining the general method of production. The selected general method of production affects the design constraints. In the last stages of design, the designer has to consider ease of manufacturing in order for it to be economic. The part design data is transferred from engineering to manufacturing and process planners develop the detailed work package for manufacturing a part. Dimensions and tolerances are determined for each stage of processing of the workpiece. Process planning determines the sequence of operations and utilization of machine tools. Cutting tools, fixtures, gauges and other accessory tooling are also specified. Feeds, speeds and other parameters of the metal cutting and forming processes are determined.

Table of contents (16 chapters)
Introduction  Pages 1-14
Logical design of a process plan  Pages 15-35
Geometric interpretation of technical drawings  Pages 36-50
Dimensioning and tolerancing for production Pages 51-91
General selection of primary production processes Pages 92-119
Selecting detailed methods of production Pages 120-133
Elements of positioning and workholding Pages 134-169
How to determine the type of operation  Pages 170-193
How to select cutting speed  Pages 194-207
How to select a machine for the job  Pages 208-224
How to select tools for a job  Pages 225-241
SPC — statistical process control  Pages 242-261
Hole-making procedures Pages 262-299
Milling operations  Pages 300-316
Computer-aided process planning (CAPP) Pages 317-332
Example of a fully-developed process plan  Pages 333-349

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