• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.17-22
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• 2013

The excellent beam quality of high power fiber lasers are commonly used for remote welding applications in body job applications. The Welding speed and productivity is unmatched with any other welding technology including resistance spot welding or traditional laser welding. High tooling cost for clamping and bulky safety enclosures are obstacles which are limiting the use. With the newly developed Laser stitch welding gun we have an integrated clamping in the process tool and the laser welding is shielded in a way that no external enclosure is needed. Operation of this laser welding gun is comparable with resistance spot welding but 2-times faster. Laser stitch welding is faster than spot welding and slower than remote welding. It is a laser welding tool with all the laser benefits like welding of short flanges, weld ability of Ultra High Strength steel, 3 layers welding and Aluminium welding. Together with low energy consumption and minimum operation cost of IPG fiber laser it is a new and sharp tool for economic car body assembly.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.277-282
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• 2000

The RP&M (Rapid prototyping and Manufacturing) is the most appropriate technology for the small-lot production system, in which the production cycle is getting shorter owing to various needs from consumers. In this paper, RP&M is applied to a casting process. A casting process has a merit of being able to reflect complicated shapes at one time. But it has not been applied to the precision industry because of bad quality on surface. So we will improve characteristics of aluminum casting process using vacuum sealed casting process and porous ceramic mold which is made by slurry casting process.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.11-17
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• 2001

The design and manufacture of injection molded polymeric parts with desired properties is a costly process dominated by empiricism, including the repeated modification of actual tooling. This paper presents an expert design evaluation system which can predict the mechanical performance of a molded product and diagnose the design before the actual mold is machined. The knowledge-based system synergistically combines a rule-based expert system with CAE programs. Heuristic knowledge of injection molding is formalized as rules of an expert consultation system. The expert system interprets the analytical results of the process simulation, predicts the performance, evaluates the design and generates recommendations for optimal design alternatives.

• Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.233-239
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• 2002

This paper explores the applications of feature-based representation and design in the area of design for manufacturing to incorporate the tooling and process considerations into the early stages of bonnet tool design. The goal of this research is apply the concepts of feature-based design and to development an interactive design tool using relations and arrive at optimal design for the given process conditions. This paper illustrates the development of a tool design aided system that was constructed using these concepts and applied to designing bonnet sheet metal parts.

• CDE review
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.76-79
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• 1997

최근 몇년간 CAD/CAM 분야에서 활동하시는 많은 분들이 'RP'라는 신기술의 등장과 발전과정을 다분히 생경스러운 심정으로 지켜봐 왔을 것으로 생각된다. 주지하다시피 'RP 즉 Rapid Prototyping'은 '컴퓨터에 저장된 3차원 형상모델의 기하학적 자료로부터 그 물리적인 모형형상을 신속하게 조형해 내는 것'으로 주어진 설계 제품의 수학적 모델을 그 이전에 존재하였던 그 어떤 가공방식과도 비교할 수 없는 빠른 시간안에(통상 24시간 이내) 물리적인 모형으로 재현해 낸다는 것이 그 대표적인 장점이라고 하겠다. 우리말로는 '신속조형기술'이라고 명명할 수 있는 이 기술은 설계된 제품 형상의 기하학적인 복잡성이나 반복성에 전혀 구애받지 않고 그 어떤 제품형상도 조형이 가능하다. 물론 초기에 이 기계장치의 발명목적은 'RP'라는 용어가 시사하듯이 컴퓨터나 수작업에 의해 설계된 제품형상을 신속하게 관능(시각 및 촉각) 감각을 통해서 관찰하고 그에 따른 형상설계의 내용을 검증하기 위함이었다. 그러나 이 기술이 최근 그 발전의 행보를 빨리함에 따라 기존에는 상상할 수도 없었던 복잡한 제품 형상의 신속한 모형제작은 물론 가까운 장래에는 이의 주물성형을 위한 주형의 제작이나 플라스틱 사출성형용 금형제작(신속 주형/금형 제작-RT: Rapid Tooling 이라고 호칭)까지도 신속하게 수행해낼 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.28-35
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• 2014

A composite honeycomb core is widely used for lightweight aircraft materials. However, the composite honeycomb core coupled with metal-cutting machining processes does not make a very good match. This paper describes an experimental study of the shape-machining characteristics of a composite honeycomb core, in which a five-axis gantry machine is used. The experimental conditions of the offset allowance, tooling condition and feed rate were applied. The shape machining characteristics of a flat surface, a vertical surface, and a concave surface are evaluated by comparing the machining shape and burr characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.189-190
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• 2006

During cold compaction processes loose powder is pressed under tooling action in order to produce complex shaped engineering components. Here, the analysis of the plastic deformation of granular packings is of fundamental importance to the development of computer simulation models. Powders can be idealized by packing discrete particles, where each particle is a sphere meshed with finite elements. The pressing of a body centered cubic packing was compared with numerical prediction and experimental data. The global response was expressed in force-displacement curve, and the accuracy of the numerical models analyzed for high relative densities up to 0.95.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.411-412
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• 2006

A high nitrogen PM tool steel has shown to have an excellent galling resistance due to the introduction of a high amount of a low friction phase predominantly consisting of VN. Tool making and heat treatment are according to standard procedures. An increase of tool life of more than two times compared to ordinary tool steels is found. Furthermore, the new low friction tool steel shows a potential for sintered parts with higher densities through the applica bility of increased compaction pressure or minimized lubricant amount.

• IE interfaces
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.3-17
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• 1993

Traditionally, programs for NC machine tools have been created using either a maunual method or a computer-assisted method. However, both methods are known to be complex, time-consuming and error-prone. This paper presents an intelligent system, called "INPPC" which is interfaced with a CAD system to generate APT NC part program automatically. The INPPC is developed by using VP-Expert rule-based expert system development tool, and obtains the information about the part shape by searching the CAD database, about the process by asking the related questions to the user, and about the machine tooling by searching the tool database. The INPPC is implemented on an IBM compatible PC/AT under MS-DOS, and its performance is demonstrated by consulting a simple example problem.

• IE interfaces
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.155-168
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• 1994

In computer integrated manufacturing environment, tool management plays an important role in controlling tool performance for machining operations. Knowledge of tool behavior during the cutting process and effective tool-behavior prediction contribute to controlling machine costs by avioding production delays and off-target parts due to tool failure. The purpose of this paper is to review and develop the tool condition monitoring scheme for drilling operation to assure a fast corrective response to minimize the damage if tool failures occur. If one desires to maximize system through-put and product quality as well as tooling resources, within an economic environment, real-time tool sensing system and information processing system can be coupled to provide the necessary information for the effective tool management. The example is demonstrated as to drilling operation when the aluminum composites are drilled with carbide-tipped HSS drill bits. The example above is limited to the situation that the tool failure mode of drill bits is wear.