A Semigenerative Process Planning System for Rotational Parts

회전형상제품의 가공을 위한 컴퓨터 지원 공정계획 시스템

The purpose of this study was to develop a semigenerative process planning system for the turning processes required for rotational parts. The system developed in this study showed three major roles for a given part : selection of appropriate turning processes, scheduling of selected processes, and selection of appropriate tools to be used for selected processes. Four information files and six modules were developed to produce a process plan. When geometric features, dimension, tolerance, material types, and surface finish data are inputted to the system, optimal processes, processing sequences, selected tools, and machining costs are to be produced as a process plan.