Engineering Support in the Machine Manufacturing Domain through Interdisciplinary Product Lines: An Applicability Analysis. Issue 3 (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Feldmann, Stefan; Legat, Christoph; Vogel-Heuser, Birgit
• Is Part Of: IFAC-PapersOnLine. Volume 48:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 211
• Page End: 218
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Machine Manufacturing -- Engineering -- Variability Modelling -- Variant and Version Management; Automatic control -- Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.083
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8963

Abstract

Abstract: The increasing challenge to manufacture individual products in short periods of time necessitates a huge amount of machine variants. Therefore, the efforts in engineering as well as in managing the variability increase. An adequate support in modelling such variant-rich systems enhances reuse of variable parts of the machine and, by that, promises an improvement of efficiency during development. To provide a first step into this direction, this paper analyses the applicability of an interdisciplinary product line approach as one means to improve the engineering in the machine manufacturing domain.