Pro/Web.Link Programming for Evaluating Strip Layout of Progressive Dies

• Main Authors: Ho Minh Tuan, 胡明俊
• Other Authors: Alan C. Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xa53yv

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 機械工程系 === 99 === A progressive die is an effective tool for the efficient and economical production of sheet metal components in large quantities. Nowadays, progressive die designers still spend much of their time on choosing better layouts among feasible ones. This study employs Pro/Web.Link, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and JavaScriptTM to develop an application which helps evaluate automatically strip layouts in Pro/Engineer software environment. This thesis proposes solutions for the following problems: 1. Extracting geometry information from a given 3D model of strip layout. 2. Recognition of punching, notching and bending operations based on the geometry information of strip layout. 3. Calculating total evaluating score of the strip layout based on four factors: station number factor, moment balancing factor, strip stability factor and feed height factor. The Pro/Web.Link application can be developed as a validation/analysis tool for strip layouts or can be integrated with other existing application modules in order to form an automatic system of progressive die design: punch design, strip layout design, and mold base design.