2011机械设计制造及自动化_毕业设计_英文翻译资料推荐.doc

A NOVEL INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR RAPID PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT This paper presents a novel integrated system of rapid product development for reducing the time and cost of product development. The system is composed of four building blocks —digital prototype, virtual prototype, physical prototype and rapid tooling manufacturing system. It can aid effectively in product design, analysis, prototype, mould, and manufacturing process development by integrating closely the various advanced manufacturing technologies which involve the 3D CAD, CAE, reverse engineering, rapid prototyping and rapid tooling. Furthermore, two actual examples are provided to illustrate the application of this integrated system. The results indicate that the system has a high potential to reduce further the cycle and cost of product development. Keywords: Rapid product development; rapid prototyping; integrated system. 1. Introduction Due to the pressure of international competition and market globalization in the 21st century, there continues to be strong driving forces in industry to compete effectively by reducing manufacturing times and costs while assuring high quality products and services. Current industries are facing the new challenges: quick response to business opportunity has been considered as one of the most important factors to ensure company competitiveness; manufacturing industry is evolving toward digitalization, network and globalization. Therefore, new products must be more quickly and cheaply developed, manufactured and introduced to the market. In order to meet the demand of rapid product development, the various new technologies such as reverse engineering (RE), 3D CAD, rapid prototyping (RP), and rapid tooling (RT) have emerged and are regarded as key enabling tools with the ability to shorten the product development and manufacturing time. For example, it has been claimed that RP can cut new product development costs by up to 70% and the time to market by 90%.1 In the form of