European Cooperation (Mar 2016)
SYSTEM FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF DESIGN AND NC-PROCESSES
Abstract
The technical and commercial planning areas are today not fully connected.Through horizontal and vertical integration of the areas we'll receive new effects in a fully integrated optimization.The design department defines approximately 70% of the product cost - by modern connection technology it’s possible to receive in the CAD-system resource information of the production to optimize the whole process. So, it's helpful to derive preliminary cost estimation, based on 3D analytics which results based on the optimized technological data's. A manufacturable design is the basis for an optimized total process - the work plan for the ERP system can be generated already, too. It is also ensured that parts which have been designed under using analysis would be easy to produce.Based on the 3D-CAD-models the NC program can be created via feature-oriented automated rules (dependence of the CAM programming system), so that NC programs for alternative machines can be derived. This is necessary that we obtained the higher flexibility in production and the reduction the process times.On the base of the machine signals we send back the information’s over the machine connectors (big data) in turn in the tool management. So, it's implemented a holistic approach in the field of logistics, as well as in the technical field. With PDCA (continuous improvement process) it's ensured a steady optimization.Holistic networking enables a significantly optimized process in the construction, as well as in the production. The methodology for the optimization with data from the machine (big data) is represented.The effects on real time data are implemented from different systems within the reporting and visualization. The decision-making process shows the importance of employees in the total chain.The benefits based on the networking of various systems are represented on the realization of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Institute for Information Management in Engineering (IMI).
