Concurrent Engineering in the Application of Automobile Covering Parts Mould Development

Abstract:

Describe an advanced design and manufacturing technology Concurrent Engineering (CE) and give the automobile covering parts mould development flow basing on concurrent engineering. It tries to consider initially all factors of the mould development life cycle. Take an automobile covering part for example. Basing on the finite element analysis software AUTOFORM, do die design and forming simulation. According to the result of simulation, designer can predict the defect of forming and timely modify the forming process. So in stage of process design taking into account the blank forming, this kind of concurrent design of the mould surface can be directly used to mould design, also won't return after the mold design to modify the die-face design process. So on account of concurrent engineering, it can reduce the changes of automobile covering parts mould design and the number of repeated test, improve quality, reduce cost, and shorten the cycle of mould development.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 397-400)
• Pages: 607-610
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.397-400.607
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Min Fu, Chui You Kong, Bing Bing Wang, Ming Hang Chen
• Keywords: Autoform, Automobile Panel, Concurrent Engineering, Drawing, Numerable Simulation

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