A CAPP/CAD for Sheet Metal Deep Drawing

Abstract:

The aim of this work is to develop an integrated system for facilitating the process of designing the drawing dies and their component. The developed system is based on the integration between Computer Aided Process Planning in Sheet Metal Drawn parts “CAPP”, and the Computer Aided Design in Deep Drawing Die components “CAD”. Both modules are coded using Visual Basic program and joined with AutoCAD. The CAPP module made to report the drawing load and to plot the shape of the drawn shell in each stage of the Axis-Symmetric Deep Drawing process. Based on the reported shell geometry, the dimensions of the die components are calculated and transferred to the CAD module. The CAD module, which is based on many data bases (standard parts, sheet metal data), plots the required deep drawing die components for each drawn stage on the AutoCAD monitor. A demonstrated example is presented to validate the developed system and to show that the system results are acceptable.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 619)
• Pages: 105-109
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.619.105
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: R.K. Abdel-Magied*, H.M.A. Hussein
• Keywords: CAD, CAPP, Deep Drawing, Die Design, Sheet Metal

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