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PROCESS ENGINEERING
Process planning is also called: manufacturing planning, process
planning, material processing, process engineering, and machine
routing.
Which machining processes and parameters are to be used (as well
as those machines capable of performing these processes) to
convert (machine) a piece part from its initial form to a final form
predetermined (usually by a design engineer) from an engineering
drawing.
The act of preparing detailed work instructions to produce a part.
How to realize a given product design.
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PRODUCT REALIZATION
Product design
Process planning
Process,
machine
knowledge
Operation programming
Verification
Scheduling
Scheduling
knowledge
Execution
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PROCESS PLANNING
Design
Machine
Tool
Process
Planning
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PROBLEMS FACING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Fact:
Only 11% of the machine tools in the U.S. are programmable.
More than 53% of the metal-working plants in the U.S. do not have
even one computer-controlled machine.
Some problems:
Cannot justify the cost
Lack of expertise in using such machines
Too small a batch size to offset the planning and programming costs
Source: Kelley, M.R. and Brooks, H., The State of Computerized Automation in US Manufacturing, J.F.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, October 1988.
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DOMAIN
existing facilities.
Mass production
Objective: Cost
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Machining methods
Pressworking
Welding/fabrication
Casting
Powder materials
Layered deposition
Others
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Welding/fabrication:
Additive techniques
Initial
Stock
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Weld
Add-on
Weld
Add-on
Final Product
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Machining Methods:
Subtractive techniques
Final Product
Initial
Stock
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Slotting
Drilling
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Casting:
Form Methods
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INTERACTION OF
PLANNING FUNCTIONS
GEOMETRIC REASONING
global & local geometry
PROCESS SELECTION
process capability
process cost
CUTTER SELECTION
available tools
tool dimension and geometry
geometric constraints
MACHINE TOOL SELECTION
machine availability, cost
machine capability
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SETUP PLANNING
feature relationship
approach directions
process constraints
fixture constraints
FIXTURE PLANNING
fixture element function
locating, supporting, and
clamping surfaces
stability
CUTTER PATH GENERATION
feature merging and split
path optimization
obstacle and interference
avoidance
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PROCESS PLAN
Also called : operation sheet, route sheet, operation planning
summary, or another similar name.
The detailed plan contains:
route
processes
process parameters
machine and tool selections
fixtures
How detail the plan is depends on the application.
Operation: a process
Operation Plan (Op-plan): contains the description of an operation,
includes tools, machines to be used, process parameters,
machining time, etc.
Op-plan sequence: Summary of a process plan.
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Route Sheet
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PROCESS PLAN
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Operation
Description
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Workstation
Setup
Tool
Time
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Face mill
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Face mill
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6 machining
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3 machining
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Surface finish
Size
Material type
Quantity
Value of the product
Urgency
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COMPUTER-AIDED
VARIANT
GT based
Computer aids for editing
Parameters selection
GENERATIVE
Some kind of decision logic
Decision tree/table
Artificial Intelligence
Objective-Oriented
Still experience based
AUTOMATIC
Design understanding
Geometric reasoning capability
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REQUIREMENTS IN
MANUAL PROCESS PLANNING
ability to interpret an engineering drawing.
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INDUSTRIAL SOLUTION
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PRODUCT
CONCEPT
CAD
CAM
CUTTER
PATH
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COMPUTER-AIDED
PROCESS PLANNING
ADVANTAGES
1. It can reduce the skill required of a planner.
2. It can reduce the process planning time.
3. It can reduce both process planning and
manufacturing cost.
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WHY AUTOMATED
PROCESS PLANNING
Shortening the lead-time
Manufacturability feedback
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PROCESS PLANNING
Design
Machining features
Workpiece Selection
Process Selection
Tool Selection
Feed, Speed Selection
Operation Sequencing
Setup Planning
Fixturing Planning
Part Programming
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part
family
formation
standard
plan
preparation
part
coding
part
family
search
process
plan
retrieval
finished
process
plan
Standard
process
plans &
individual
process
plans
process
plan
editing
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ADVANTAGES OF THE
VARIANT APPROACH
1. Once a standard plan has been written, a variety
of components can be planned.
2. Comparatively simple programming and
installation (compared with generative systems)
is required to implement a planning system.
3. The system is understandable, and the planner
has control of the final plan.
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GENERATIVE APPROACH
A system which automatically synthesizes a
process plan for a new component.
MAJOR COMPONENTS:
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ADVANTAGES OF THE
GENERATIVE APPROACH
1. Generate consistent process plans rapidly;
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS
1. The logic of process planning must be
identified and captured.
2. The part to be produced must be clearly and
precisely defined in a computer-compatible
format
3. The captured logic of process planning and the
part description
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PRODUCT REPRESENTATION
Geometrical information
Part shape
Design features
Technological information
Tolerances
Surface quality (surface finish, surface integrity)
Special manufacturing notes
Etc.
"Feature information"
Manufacturing features
e.g. slots, holes, pockets, etc.
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Line drawing
Special language
Symbolic representation
Solid model
CSG
B-Rep
others?
Feature based model
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SPECIAL LANGUAGE
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CIMS/PRO REPRESENTATION
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GARI REPRESENTATION
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CONCEPT OF FEATURE
Manufacturing is "feature" based.
Feature:
1 a: the structure, form, or appearance esp. of a
person
b: obs: physical beauty.
2 a: the makeup or appearance of the face or its
parts
b: a part of the face: LINEAMENT
3: a prominent part or characteristic
4: a special attraction
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
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vs
Manufacturing Feature
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DESIGN FEATURES
For creating a shape
For providing a function
Motion
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Slot feature
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MANUFACTURING FEATURES
For process selection
For fixturing
Manufacturing
is feature based.
Drilling
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Round hole
Turning
Rotational
feature
End milling
Plane surface,
Hole, profile, slot
pocket
Ball end mill
Free form
surface
Boring Cylindrical shell
Reaming
Cylindrical shell
...
...
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Dimension
Location
Tolerance
A Slot
Surface finish
Function
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Dimension
Location
Approach
Tolerance
Surface finish
Relations with other features
Approach directions
Feature classifications are not the same.
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FEATURE RECOGNITION
Extract and decompose features from a geometric
model.
Syntactic pattern recognition
State transition diagram and automata
Decomposition
Logic
Graph matching
Face growing
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DIFFICULTIES OF FEATURE
RECOGNITION
Potentially large number of features.
Features are domain and user specific.
Lack of a theory in features.
Input geometric model specific. Based on
incomplete models.
Computational complexity of the algorithms.
Existing algorithms are limited to simple
features.
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Design
Bore hole
Process Planning
Turn profile
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Drill hole
Bore hole
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BACKWARD PLANNING
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PROCESS KNOWLEDGE
REPRESENTATION
Predicate logic
Production rules
Semantic Nets
Frames
Object Oriented Programming
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Geometric Reasoning
Application-Specific Features (e.g. manufacturing features)
blind slot, through slot, step, etc.
approach direction, feed direction
feature relations: precedence and intersection type
Principle:
Provide designer with the freedom to describe shape avoid constraining manufacturing planning
or requiring detailed manufacturing knowledge.
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U. of Leeds, de Pennington
U. of Tokyo, Kimura
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SOME APPROACHES
CAD
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Proces s Planner
CAM
2-D
Drafting
NC control
2-D
Drafting
3-D CAD
Mod el
3-D
Solid Mod el
automat ic part
programming
feature refinemen t
limited geomet ric reaso ning
generative plan ning
s eq may dict at ed by d es ign
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geometric
reasoning
Data
base
manual
planning
1960
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elementary
machine
learning
expert
GT
variant system
system
1970
1980
1990
2000
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