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Coventry University

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Article title

Applications of particle swarm optimisation in integrated process planning and scheduling

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.rcim.2007.12.002

Title of journal

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

280

ISSN of journal

0736-5845

Year of publication

2009

URL

http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/c681a3bd-eb88-ee7b-06ae-5eca79a9b83e/1/

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Funded by ESPRC IdMRC approx. £42k (GR/R67507/01), this project investigated an innovative approach of integrating and optimising multi-axis machining process planning and scheduling. This research used the first application of the Particle Swarm Optimisation algorithm to this integrated model to optimise production efficiency. A €3.5M EU FP7 collaborative project, CAPP-4-SMEs (NMP-ICT-FoF-2012-314024), was awarded subsequently to trial this research in precision machining industry in Sweden, UK, Germany and Spain. The algorithm has been deployed in large-scale machining shop floors, with up to 500 jobs and 20 machines, with a target to achieve 20% productivity improvement. (Sandvik: Project manager, Vahid Kalhori, vahid.kalhori@sandvik.com)

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract