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Concept of Virtual Manufacturing

Author(s):

Pankaj Sharma, B. S. Dr. B. R. A. College of Agril Engg & Tech

Keywords

Virtual Reality, Virtual Manufacturing, VR Technologies

Abstract

Virtual Manufacturing system is a computer system which is utilised to generate the same information about manufacturing system’s structure, states and behaviours as we can observe in real manufacturing systems. Virtual reality and virtual manufacturing often concentrate on an interface between VR technology, manufacturing, production theory and practice. It is our belief that the direction of evolution of manufacturing theory and practice will become clearer in the future once the role of VR technology is understood better in developing this interface. Virtual Manufacturing will have a similar effect on the manufacturing phase thanks to the modelling, simulation and optimisation of the product and the processes involved in its fabrication. After a description of Virtual Manufacturing (definitions and scope), we present some socio-economic factors of VM and finally some “hot topics” for the future are proposed.

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Paper ID: GRDJEV02I060120
Published in: Volume : 2, Issue : 6
Publication Date: 2017-06-01
Page(s): 285 - 292

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