A Survey of Automated Process Planning Approaches in Machining
International Journal of Engineering and Management Research, 8 (6):
81-88 (2018)DOI: 10.31033/ijemr.8.6.02
Abstract
Global industrial trend is shifting towards next
industrial revolution Industry 4.0. It is becoming increasingly
important for modern manufacturing industries to develop a
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) system by
integrating the various operational and information
processing functions in design and manufacturing. In spite of
being active in research for almost four decades, it is clear
that new functionalities are needed to integrate and realize a
completely optimal process planning which can be fully
compliant towards Smart Factory. In order to develop a CIM
system, Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) plays a
key role and therefore it has been the focus of many
researchers. In order to gain insight into the current state-ofthe-art
of CAPP methodologies, 96 research papers have been
reviewed. Subsequent sections discuss the different CAPP
approaches adopted by researchers to automate different
process planning tasks. This paper aims at addressing the key
approaches involved and future directions towards Smart
Manufacturing.