Process-Oriented Tolerance and Variation Management: Review and Classification
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Definition of PTVM
2.2. Literature Research Method
2.3. Classification Approach
3. Classification Results and Main Approaches
3.1. Analysis of Process Chains
- and according to [35];
- —deviation of a part characteristic;
- —deviation of a quality characteristic of the product;
- —deviations induced by the process;
- —state transition matrix;
- —input matrix;
- —observation matrix;
- , —error terms that include, for example, other non-modeled errors or sensor noise;
- i—process route;
3.2. Analysis of Single Processes
3.3. Approaches for Analyzing Process Chains and Single Processes
3.4. Overarching Process-Oriented Tolerance Management Approaches
3.5. Summary of the Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Future Research Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Classification
Category | Author |
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Analysis of process chains | Hu 1997 [33], Jin 1999 [34], Lawless 1999 [80], Mantripragada 1999 [15], Suri 1999 [81], Ding 2000 [37], Ding 2001 [82], Ding 2002a [38], Ding 2002b [39], Ding 2002c [40], Camelio 2003 [83], Djurdjanovic 2003a [84], Djurdjanovic 2003b [43], Huang 2003a [85], Huang 2003b [42], Zhou 2003a[41], Zhou 2003b [44], Ceglarek 2004 [86], Huang 2004 [87], Huang 2004a [35], Huang 2004b [16], Kim 2004 [88], Ding 2005 [2], Djurdjanovic 2005 [89], Wang 2005 [47], Chen 2006 [90], Djurdjanovic 2006 [91], Ren 2006 [92], Shi 2006 [14], Djurdjanovic 2007 [93], Huang 2007b [94], Loose 2007 [45], Wandelt 2007 [95], Huang 2009 [96], Kong 2009 [97], Liu 2009 [98], Huang 2010 [99], Liu 2010 [100], Abellán-Nebot 2011a [101], Abellán-Nebot 2011b [12], Jiali 2011 [102], Shetwan 2011 [103], Abellán-Nebot 2012 [7], Abellán-Nebot 2013a [31], Abellán-Nebot 2013b [9], Abellán-Nebot 2013c [32], Du 2015a [104], Du 2015b [105], Liu 2015 [106], Zhang 2016b [72], Corrado 2017d [107], Müller 2017 [108], Yang 2017a [109], Yang 2017b [110], Chen 2018 [111], Du 2018 [51], Shui 2019 [112], Wang 2019 [113], Yacob 2019 [4], Benavent-Nácher 2020 [114], Heling 2020 [54], Hofmann 2020 [53], Jandaghi-Shahi 2020 [115], Yacob 2020 [17], Rezaei-Aderiani 2021a [116], Rezaei-Aderiani 2021b [117], Wang 2021a [48], Wang 2021b [118], Yacob 2021a [119], Yacob 2021b [18], Yacob 2021c [19], Huang 2022 [52] |
Analysis of single processes | Praun 2003 [120], Shiu 2003 [121], Huang 2007a [71], Müller 2009 [122], Loose [123], Wärmefjord 2010a [49], Wärmefjord 2010b [5], Jiang 2012 [124], Müller 2012 [68], Pahkamaa 2012 [62], Wärmefjord 2013 [60], Zou 2013 [125], Franciosa 2014 [126], Polini 2015 [29], Corrado 2016 [24], Khodaygan 2016[65], Wärmefjord 2016 [64], Zhang 2016a [72], Corrado 2017a [25], Corrado 2017b [26], Corrado 2017c [27], Wang 2017 [127], Camuz 2018 [61], Corrado 2018 [128], Wieland 2018 [129], Abellán-Nebot 2019 [46], Lorenzoni 2019 [130], Mei 2019 [66], Müller 2019a [11], Müller 2019b [69], Polini 2019a [30], Polini 2019b [58], Polini 2019c [59], Junnan 2020 [73], McKenna 2020 [131], Müller 2020 [13], Shi 2020 [132], Corrado 2021a [55], Corrado 2021b [57], Mei 2021 [67], Polini 2021 [56], Tabar 2021 [63], Chung 2022 [133], Tabar 2022 [6], Franz 2023 [75], Moro 2024 [74], Peng 2024 [134], Zeng 2024 [135] |
Approaches for analyzing process chains and single processes | Heling 2019 [10], Mende 2020 [36], Wartzack 2023 [1] |
Overarching process-oriented tolerance management approaches | Andolfatto 2013 [76], Schleich 2013 [8] |
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Litzenburger, P.; Goetz, S.; Margies, L.; Bode, C.; Müller, R.; Wartzack, S. Process-Oriented Tolerance and Variation Management: Review and Classification. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 8112. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188112
Litzenburger P, Goetz S, Margies L, Bode C, Müller R, Wartzack S. Process-Oriented Tolerance and Variation Management: Review and Classification. Applied Sciences. 2024; 14(18):8112. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188112
Chicago/Turabian StyleLitzenburger, Philipp, Stefan Goetz, Lennard Margies, Christoph Bode, Rainer Müller, and Sandro Wartzack. 2024. "Process-Oriented Tolerance and Variation Management: Review and Classification" Applied Sciences 14, no. 18: 8112. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188112