Virtual design and machining of core and cavity for fabrication of dining plate tableware with Kawung batik pattern

Abstract

Batik Kawung is one of the most popular batik patterns in Indonesia. This pattern can be displayed as an attractive and artistic ornament of ceramic plate products. This ornament can increase the selling value and storytelling of the product. Computer-based virtual design and manufacturing (VDM) technology is used to produce Kawung batik patterns that can be affixed to ceramic surfaces. The wrapping method in PowerShape is used to paste this pattern. The stages of designing a ceramic plate from the beginning of the Kawung pattern to form the core & cavity of the Kawung patterned plate into a 3D image and a virtual cutting milling motion simulation on a CNC machine using PowerMill software. The final result shows that the virtual machining simulation produces plate molds that are precise, accurate, and can be directly manufactured on a CNC router machine. The simulation time of a pair of plate molds is 234 hours 21 minutes 53 seconds, while the actual machining time is about 343 hours.

Keywords

• Kawung Batik pattern
• ornament
• virtual design and machining
• ArtCAM Pro
• ceramic plate