International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET)

Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2017, pp. 454459, Article ID: IJMET_08_08_051

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OPTIMIZATION FOR RE-CONFIGURABILITY

IN MODULAR RECONFIGURABLE MACHINE
TOOLS
M.Sundarraj, T.Raja and M.Karthick3
Department of Mechanical Engineering.Vel Tech Dr.RR & Dr.SR Technical
University, Chennai Tamilnadu, India

ABSTRACT
This paper proposes component level optimization of Reconfigurable Machine
Tool by considering its design reconfigurability in configurable machine tool designs.
The potentiality of a configurable system is to be reconfigured and allows to perform
well under different consider loading conditions in different configurations. The
Performance is measured in this paper as machining accuracy, subject to structural
limitations. The ADAMS, Ansys, MATLAB/SIMULINK softwares are used to enable
the component level optimization. In this paper the Configurable Machine tool will be
taken for Optimization process and to achieve the Optimized Components to enable
Reconfigurability in Configurable machine tool components. The algorithm for
Component level optimization is developed in the MATLAB/SIMULINK software.
Keywords: Reconfigurable, ADAMS, MATLAB/SIMULINK#
Cite this Article: M.Sundarraj, T.Raja and M.Karthick, Optimization for re-
Configurability in Modular Reconfigurable Machine Tools, International Journal of
Mechanical Engineering and Technology 8(8), 2017,pp. 454459.
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1. INTRODUCTION
Typically, component or structural level design optimization is carried by means of
considering the structural performance of machine tool and its design based on the
optimization process for a single load case. Predictably the structural performances of
machine tools are stress, mass, deformation, or natural frequencies induced in the machine
tool. Another important aspect is in structural optimization the configurable machine system
is loaded under various conditions. This paper proposes a new design optimization technique
that deals with structural (component level) optimization by considering various different
loading conditions arises in its configuration variations.
The loading conditions are assumed to the structure and it never be applied
simultaneously. The task is not to make the system unresponsive, but to make it
reconfigurable such that the machine tool can deal with the assumed various loading
conditions well. While the robust design is a inactive response to different loading conditions,

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the design for reconfigurability is an active response. The incorporation of this

reconfigurability into structural design can lead to major advantages such as reduced
manufacturing cost, increase sustainability of machine tool.

2. MATERIALS AND METHODS

The figure shows the basic methodology of component level optimization of reconfigurable
machine tool in that a set of structural components for the various configuration are taken into
consideration, these components are analyzed and optimized by means of considering
operating conditions to satisfy different configuration.
The satisfied components are taken individually and not-satisfied components are
considered for optimization based on gradient based optimizer to satisfy the configuration
requirement of reconfigurable machine tool.

Figure 1 Design Methodology

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3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

3.1 Reconfigurable Machine tool Simulation in ADAMS
The Reconfigurable machine tool Model is Simulated in the ADAMS Environment and the
joint and tool forces are calculated, these joint forces are considered as a Structural load for
the Reconfigurable Machine Tool

3.2 Reconfigurable Machine tool Simulation ADAMS model

After getting Results from ADAMS the RMT model is Analysed in Ansys the force from
ADAMS are given into the structure and the Stress Values of the RMT are calculated then the
Variable and Objectives for the Component are selected and design optimization for
reconfigurability is now applied to an RMT.

3.3 Component Level Design requirements

Designing a component that can assist all load cases for structural design. If all load
differences are considered during structural design optimization. And also the component for
different configurations is the attempt for the component level design optimization. The
Reconfigurable Machine Tool designs resulting from optimization in which all different
loading cases are considered at-once is nearly equal. This is cause of the fact of loading
conditions, that the two load cases considered are same images of each other. This structural
design is incapable since the one structural design must adapt all loading conditions.

Figure 2 RMT Adams Model

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3.4 Von mises Stresses for Different Configuration

Von mises Stress For Configuration I

Von mises Stress For Configuration II

Based on the Stress values from the Reconfigurable Machine Tool, the week component
will be taken into the component level Design Optimization process, the component level
Elemental Stress values are considered and the Objectives of the Stress component are set in
the Ansys Environment. The results from component level design optimization process are
given below.

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Figure 3 Optimization Result

CONCLUSION
The structural optimization for reconfigurability in machine tool, all the models from CAD
software CATIA and exported to the ADAMS there the joint forces of the Machine tool will
be analyzed and the Reconfigurable machine tool model are modelled in Ansys based on the
parametric modelling concepts, and the structures, analysis of the Reconfigurable machine
tool is analyzed using the ANSYS software. Based on the results of machine tool system the
optimization of the machine tool components of the desired requirements is identified and the
parameter based optimizations are carried out to get the optimized RMT components for
achieving reconfigurability in machine tool component.
For the automation of Optimization process the Co-simulation is carried between
Ansys/MATLAB SIMULINK, the Algorithm is developed in MATLAB

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