Molded Product Routing Generation for Faster Process Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current techniques lack the ability to easily design and manage the entire production process of molded products, including various processes before, during, and after molding, which hinders efficient production planning and cost management.
Innovation Solution
A process generation system that acquires specification information, selects processing information, decides standard routing, and rearranges processes to generate production processes for injection molding or press machines, incorporating data on time, cost, staff, and location to optimize production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual design of production processes is used, then flexibility in process arrangement is achieved, but time consumption and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-stores multiple standard routing patterns that represent common production process sequences. When generating a production process, the system automatically selects and applies appropriate standard routings based on product specifications, eliminating the need to manually design processes from scratch and significantly reducing design time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates production processes by copying and adapting pre-defined standard routing patterns. Instead of manually creating each process sequence, the system replicates proven standard routings and modifies them according to specific product requirements, thereby reducing both time consumption and design complexity.
2Productivity
If comprehensive process management is implemented, then production efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the production process management into distinct functional modules: specification information acquisition, processing information selection, standard routing decision, and routing editing. Each module handles a specific aspect of process management independently, which reduces overall system complexity while enabling comprehensive process management and improving production efficiency through specialized handling of each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a multi-functional process generation system that can handle various types of production processes (molding, machining, assembly, inspection, etc.) through a unified framework. The standard routing patterns and processing information structures are designed to be universally applicable across different product types and process sequences, reducing system complexity while enabling comprehensive management.
3Loss of time
If automated process generation is used, then time consumption reduces, but adaptability to specific requirements decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs dynamic process generation where the automated generation adapts to specific product specifications through conditional logic. The standard routing selection and process arrangement dynamically adjust based on acquired specification information, ensuring both rapid generation and high adaptability to specific requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the acquired specification information about molded products feeds into the processing information selection and standard routing decision processes. This feedback loop ensures that automated process generation remains adaptable to specific product requirements while maintaining efficiency through automation.
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AI summary
A process generation system for generating a production process of a molded product produced by an injection molding machine or a press machine is provided. The process generation system includes: a specification information acquisition unit acquiring specification information about a specification of a molded product; a processing information selection unit selecting processing information about processing of the molded product, based on the specification information; a standard routing decision unit deciding a standard routing including a plurality of processes for producing the molded product, based on the processing information; and a routing editing unit rearranging the processes included in the standard routing and thus generating the production process, based on the specification information.