| title: | Techniques of optimization and realisation of the portfolio of interdependent product- and manufacturing development projects for the co-operation networks of enterprises |
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| reg no: | ETF5620 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
2.10. Mechanical Engineering |
| status: | completed |
| institution: | TTU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
| head of project: | Rein Küttner |
| duration: | 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2005 |
| description: | The key problem of rising the competitiveness of the Estonian engineering industry is the development the co-operations between enterprises in the area of product and manufacturing process development. To realise such a co-operation companies have to use different information and communication (I&CT) technologies and develop the cross-functional and team-work-oriented virtual design spaces. The objective of the proposed project is the development the theory together with an experimental implementation of collaborative design space that will support the optimisation of the portfolio (product family) of interdependent product and manufacturing process projects for networks of co-operating SMEs. Proposed work represents an attempt to develop a new architecture for multidisciplinary multitask optimal design tasks applied to the design of a multiple interdependent product portfolio. Proposed work includes further development of decomposition and optimisation tools, and a virtual design space, based on use of computer network and other modern I&CT technology techniques. The virtual design space must integrate different CAD/CAM/CAE and ERP (MRP II) systems and use of 3D geometrical data and knowledge bases for standard and typical components of products, use of design knowledge across multiple products. To verify the product models the techniques of the Computer Aided Testing are planned to use in order to examine how the product family behaves under the real conditions and to measure the characteristic indicators of product structure and materials. The results of the project are planned to implement experimentally for the typical products of the Estonian engineering industry (technological equipment (work-holders, dies, stamps, etc), metal structures, etc. Proposed project bases on results of the previous grant of the ESF (G4311, 2000-2002) and corresponds to the objective of the target-oriented research in the department of machinery of TTU. The important objective is also to prepare the group of the young specialists (in MSc and PhD level) who are familiar with the modern trends of use I&CT on engineering industry. |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Rein Küttner | TTU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering | Professor, head od Departm. | |
| 2. | Argo Luik | TTU/ Technology Agency | PhD student | |
| 3. | Grigori Nekrassov | TTÜ., MI | researcher | |
| 4. | Meelis Pohlak | TTU | researher | |