SPAW: A design tool for planning a manufacturing process in a concurrent engineering environment

Computers in Industry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-93

  Yetukuri, Bindhu N ^a   Yetukuri, Nagarjun V ^b   Fischer, Gary W ^c  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Division of Cardiac Anesthesia   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; Gas metal arc welding; Integration; Manufacturability; Process planning

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ARC WELDING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE SPAW;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0030571366     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(96)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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