Research on the Sequence Planning of Manufacturing Feature Based on the Node Importance of Complex Network

Small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises involve a lot of customized products. The degree of adaptability should be noted while improving product design and manufacturing digital and intelligent levels. This paper presents a process sequencing method of manufacturing features based on the node importance of a complex network. The method is based on the adjacency matrix and connected graph to analyze the process constraint semantics of the product model. The adjacency matrix expresses the positioning dimensions between features. The connected graph is applied to define the constraint relationships between features and aggregate the multi-dimensional process dimension chain in all directions. Based on the processing sequence of node importance in a complex network, most of process planning can be realized. The method also can make adaptive decisions for different structural parts and monitor the machining of key features. Examples verify the validity and feasibility of the proposed method.