40th International Conference on Production Engineering of Serbia
ICPES 2025
Nis, Serbia, 18-19th september 2025
VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHING ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS TO PRODUCTION ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Živojin Suvajac, Lazar Matijaševic, Dušan Nedeljkovic, Živana Jakovljevic
DOI: 10.46793/ICPES25.344S
Assembly sequence analysis represents the first step in assembly process design and plays a very important role in achieving optimal production time and cost, which is of great importance in large-scale and mass production. There are several different approaches to address this issue. As a rule, they start from the analysis of product components and their mutual liaisons (contacts, i.e., mates or joints), followed by generation of all feasible assembly sequences and, finally, selection of the optimal sequence according to appropriate criteria. However, mastering these tasks can be challenging for students who encounter them for the first time, and particularly when physical interaction with the product is limited. To facilitate and enhance students’ understanding of these methods by making the learning process more intuitive and easier, while also assisting educators in effective teaching, the Virtual Reality (VR) technology can be used. This paper presents a VR-based learning workflow for teaching methods for assembly sequence analysis to production engineering students. The workflow contains predefined tasks that students follow in VR to achieve the intended learning outcomes without the need for significant manual effort. For this workflow several VR environments are developed. In addition to these environments, the paper presents the analysis of the students’ experiences in their utilization.
Assembly sequence analysis, Cut-set method, Bourjault method, VR technology, Production engineers’ education
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