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Flexible distributed manufacturing method and system therefor

A technology of machines and parts, applied in the field of flexible distributed manufacturing methods and systems thereof, can solve the problems of limited handling process of special manufacturing systems and inability to automatically adopt manufacturing methods, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-02-21
FINN POWER INT
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However, dedicated manufacturing systems are limited to handling processes in rigid environments
That is, for such systems, the process is locked to a specific device and cannot automatically adopt another manufacturing method

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[0023] figure 1 A distributed flexible manufacturing system is illustrated. As shown, the exemplary manufacturing system 2 includes a hexagonal turret punch press 4 , a press brake 6 , a hydraulic press brake 8 , a voltage brake 10 , a laser punch 12 , a laser cutter 14 , and a punch 16 . Each of these machines is connected to a central processing computer 18 . It should be noted that in practice computer 18 may represent figure 1 Each CNC controller or any one of the CNC controllers in each sheet material processing machine of the embodiment.

[0024]Connected to computer 18 is memory 20 . The memory 20 (rather than the central processing unit) may also represent the various memories resident in various sheet metal processing machines, which function in conjunction with the resident CNC controller in those machines. A fabrication order interface 22 is also connected to the computer 18 for receiving incoming orders to form sheets. Such interfaces may include conventiona...

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In a manufacturing system that has a plurality of sheet fabrication machines, to enhance the efficiency of the system, there are provided a plurality of databases each for storing particular data relating to the machines, the types of materials to be used, the tooling of the machines, etc. of the system. When a multi-dimensional model of a component part to be produced by the system is input to the system, selective data is retrieved from the various databases so that at least one machine of the plurality of machines of the system is selected to produce the part from a worksheet of a chosen material. Concurrently, or shortly thereafter, a NC part program for programming the selected machine to execute the necessary operations in accordance with a flat drawing generated from the multi-dimensional model to fabricate the component part is generated based on selective data retrieved from the databases. With the NC part program, the selected machine performs the operations necessary for producing the component part from the sheet stock material chosen for the component part. If there are multiple component parts to be produced in the same production run, the system would sort the different parts and arrange for the ordered fabrication of the different parts by respective selected machines equipped with corresponding appropriate NC programs to eliminate any potential bottleneck or conflicts that may arise due to the fabrication of multiple parts by multiple machines during the same production run.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to sheet metal processing, in particular to a flexible distributed manufacturing method and system thereof, which method selects from among a plurality of machines in a distributed sheet metal processing system a machine that can be used to make parts according to an input order at a specific moment, Customized parts are represented by multidimensional models or drawings. Background technique [0002] In the current sheet metal processing environment, flat metal parts are made by individual sheet metal processing machines, such as punch presses, laser cutters, and / or combinations thereof. For bending, flat sheet metal is bent using machines such as press brakes, press brakes, and automatic panel benders. Using advances in CNC (Computer Numerical Control) technology, all of these individual machines can be programmed to perform the tasks for which the machines were designed. For example, a punch press can be programmed fo...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F19/00G05B19/418
CPCY10S707/99945G05B2219/31325G05B2219/32062G05B2219/32283G05B2219/45234G05B19/41865Y02P80/40Y02P90/02
Inventor M·林德斯特伦M·哈格
Owner FINN POWER INT
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