Methods for Modelling and Analysing Process Chains for Supporting the Development of New Technologies.

Abstract: The paper wants to illustrate a new approach for modelling and analysing innovative technological process chains aiming at the determination of cause-effect relations between material properties and manufacturing conditions concerning the required component quality. The intention is to assist the domain specific experts at their research and development of novel technologies. A supporting software tool is under development. Using the example of the process chain of the manufacturing of a hybrid yarn textile thermoplastic composite component the application of the approach and the test of the software tool was performed for the modelling of the process chain and for the analysing of a selected process step. Therefrom requirements were derived for the further development of the methods and the software tool. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]