Finished part modelling in a computer-aided process-planning system

✍ Scribed by M. Gülesin

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 637 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0956-5515
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00118084

✦ Synopsis

Computer-aided process planning (CAPP) is the vital link between design and manufacturing. An expert process-planning system called EPPSU has been developed to automate process planning and fixturing activities. The process planning system employs forward planning: i.e. it begins with the blank part and applies operations for each face/feature until it reaches the finished part model. After each operation the machined region is removed and a new intermediate model is generated. A part model description scheme called FONG has been utilized to represent blank, finished and intermediate models within the database. This paper explains finished part modelling within the process-planning system.