Unit 34 Numerical control software-机自06级专业英语-08年5月4日更新.pptVIP

* * Unit 34 Numerical Control Software Today, the product design process begins with computer-generated product concepts and designs, which are subjected to detailed analysis of feasibility, manufacturability, and even disposability. Traditionally, before process planning can generate a detailed plan for manufacturing a part or assembly, design tradeoffs are made. Assemblies are broken into parts. Product specifications are produced. Quality criteria are determined to meet safety, environmental, and conformance with company and industry standard. Engineering drawings are produced as well as the bill of material. Final design decisions are made relating to styling, functional, performance, materials, tolerance, make-versus-buy, purchased parts, supplier selection, manufacturability, quality, and reliability. In the process planning stage, tooling decisions are made. The sequence of production steps is planned with actions taken at each step and controls specified, i.e. the actions taken at each step, controls to be followed, and the state of the workpiece at each workstation. In computer-aided process planning, an application program stores prior plans and standard sequence of manufacturing operations for families of parts coded using the group technology concept, which classifies parts based on similarity of geometric shape, manufacturing process, or some other part characteristics. All tools required to produce the final part or assembly are specified or designed. This include molds, stamping and forming dies, jigs and fixtures, cutting tools, and other tooling. The tool design group typically works closedly with the tool room and with supplies to produce the necessary tools in time to meet production schedules. Numerical control provides the operational control of a machine or machines by a series of computer-coded instructions comprising numbers, letters, and other symbols, which are translated into pulse of