Title:Parametric Mechatronic Design - A driver for modern optimised systems and plantsAuthor(s):Stefan DiernederAbstract:Modern large and complex industrial production systems, for instance for steel, paper or plastics, have to be optimized for each customer by tailor made systems. The enormous throughput and resource consumption on the one hand and the relatively low profit margin on the other hand make tailor-made systems the preferred solution over standard systems. Such production systems have nowadays an expressed mechatronic nature, since the performance needed today in terms of throughput, quality, productivity, safety, to name just a few, cannot be met without advanced control, precise and fast response drives and actuators, up to date human machine interfaces, sensors systems for various states, automatic fault detection systems and powerful communication devices. The engineering processes for the customer specific tailoring are a complex and challenging work. Even worse, the available time for such projects is shrinking and the average failure rate has to be kept low. Obviously, methods and tools to support the engineering work are needed to cope with these challenges. In this paper, parametric design as one of such methods will be discussed.Booktitle:The 2nd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation 2009 (IMETI 2009), Orlando, Florida, USAPage Reference:6 page(s)Publishing:7/2009

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