Automated Form Board Merge for Wire Harness Design Continuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manual merger of form board designs for wire harness manufacturing is a time-consuming and error-prone process that breaks data continuity, making it difficult to manage changes and optimize production lines, as it lacks links between merged form boards and corresponding wire harness designs.
Innovation Solution
A computing system that merges form board designs by aligning and matching portions of one form board design with another, creating a merged form board configuration that preserves data continuity and allows for efficient change management by maintaining links between the merged design and individual wire harness designs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If manual merger of form board designs is performed using drawing tools, then factory space utilization is improved, but time consumption and error rate increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of merging form board designs using drawing tools with an automated computer-based system. The system automatically imports form board designs, matches corresponding elements, aligns them spatially, and merges them into a consolidated design, eliminating the need for manual operations while maintaining data continuity and reducing errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an automated merging system as an intermediary between the individual form board designs and the final merged design. This intermediary system performs the complex tasks of element matching, alignment, and consolidation, acting as a mediator that preserves data continuity and enables efficient change management without requiring manual intervention.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual merger of form board designs is performed, then multiple wire harness designs can be accommodated, but data continuity is broken
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual design merging with an automated system that preserves data continuity by maintaining links between the merged form board design and the individual wire harness designs. This automated approach ensures that design relationships and data integrity are preserved, enabling traceability and efficient change management across multiple wire harness designs.
3Productivity
If automated merging system is implemented, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the automated merging process into distinct functional modules: importing form board designs, matching corresponding elements between designs, aligning elements spatially, and merging them into a consolidated design. This segmentation allows each module to perform a specific function independently, making the overall system more manageable and easier to implement despite the increased automation capability.
Data Source
AI summary
This application discloses a computing system to merge a first form board design describing a configuration for use in manufacturing a first wire harness with a second form board design describing a configuration for use in manufacturing a second wire harness. The computing system places the first form board design into a merged form board design, matches portions of the second form board design to portions of the first form board design, and aligns the second form board design with the merged form board design based on the matches. The computing system places an unmatched portion of the second form board design in the merged form board design based on the alignment of the second form board design with the merged form board design. The merged form board design describes a form board configuration for use in manufacturing both the first wire harness and the second wire harness.