Abstract:
Knowledge based system is significant particularly for SMEs. Bus body industries
in Thailand are classified as a SME industrial sector. They have been proceeded their
businesses since the last 30 years. Knowledge and expertise are accumulated on the
technicians in the shop floor. Presently, the industry is extremely expanded. Therefore,
it needs to develop the business process effectively. Design and analysis process is one
of the important processes of a bus body construction in order to reduce manufacturing
time and cost, increase quality. This research proposes the knowledge based development
for bus body design and analysis processes. The research starts with collection knowledge
from the sample bus body manufacturing industry. Then, the data is prepared in the form
of spreadsheet using Excel. It consists of joints and dimensions. Next, the data are
transformed to the ANSYS in order to create the link between each point. This method is
called wireframe modeling. The bus body model is successfully analyzed. Such knowledge
is stored in the knowledge system in the format of their processes. The system has been
successfully tested.