H.1 Overview

The are two ways to describe how a joining operation can be managed.

Running a joining process such as Job, Batch Process, Sync Process, Joining Program, etc.

Selection of joints which need to be addressed where the joining system selects the required joining program.

The first approach (joining process model) is described in detail in section Annex D.

The second approach (joint model) is to allow the integrator to focus on which joints to be addressed, rather than how they are addressed.

The joint approach is useful for the following use cases:

Use Case 1: The manufacturing process has a high number of product variants or models, etc. which results in various joints.

Use Case 2: Analytics can be improved using the knowledge of the physical properties of a joint.

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Note: The below examples are based on Tightening systems. It can be utilized for any other joining system.