Automatic Nesting Locking Sections to Reduce Manual Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automatic nesting systems require significant manual intervention and labor for optimizing part layouts on multiple sheets, leading to increased data preparation time and errors.
Innovation Solution
An automatic programming device that includes a storage means, input means, and control means to acquire nested workpiece information, lock sections that require no re-nesting, conduct re-nesting on other sections, and prepare a nesting machining program, with the ability to set priority orders for re-nesting processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic nesting is used to arrange parts on sheets, then nesting efficiency is improved, but manual editing labor increases when optimization is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the sheet into multiple sections and allows selective locking of specific sections that require no re-nesting. This segmentation enables the operator to lock only the critical high-yield sections while allowing automatic re-nesting in other sections, thereby reducing manual editing time while maintaining nesting efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a locking mechanism that allows operators to pre-lock sections before the re-nesting process. By performing this preliminary action of identifying and locking critical sections in advance, the system avoids the need for manual editing after automatic nesting, thus reducing manual editing time while preserving productivity.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual rearrangement of parts is conducted to achieve high-yield layout, then layout optimization is improved, but data preparation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the system to perform self-service by automatically re-nesting parts in unlocked sections after the initial automatic nesting. This automatic adjustment maintains layout optimization without requiring manual intervention, thereby reducing data preparation time while preserving manufacturing precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the operator about the nesting results and allows selective locking of sections. This feedback mechanism enables the operator to identify critical sections that require manual optimization, and the system automatically handles the remaining sections, thus reducing overall data preparation time while maintaining layout quality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If entire sheet editing is required for optimization, then layout flexibility is improved, but operator labor increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the sheet into lockable sections, allowing the operator to maintain layout flexibility in unlocked sections through automatic re-nesting while reducing operator labor by locking critical sections. This segmentation approach provides adaptability without requiring entire sheet editing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different qualities to different sections of the sheet: locked sections maintain their original layout quality while unlocked sections allow automatic re-nesting. This local differentiation provides layout flexibility where needed while minimizing operator labor in critical sections.
4Manufacturing precision
If re-nesting is conducted on all sections, then nesting optimization is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the re-nesting process by allowing selective locking of sections. Only unlocked sections undergo re-nesting, which maintains nesting optimization in critical areas while reducing overall processing time by excluding locked sections from the re-nesting operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by conducting re-nesting only on unlocked sections rather than all sections. This partial re-nesting maintains sufficient nesting optimization in critical areas while significantly reducing processing time compared to complete re-nesting of the entire sheet.
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AI summary
In a machining system that conducts nesting to arrange parts over a workpiece and machines the workpiece with a machine tool according to a result of the nesting, there is an automatic programming device for preparing a nesting machining program for the machine tool, wherein nested workpiece information relating to the workpiece nested is acquired according to the information relating to the parts and the information relating to the workpiece, sections that require no re-nesting in the nested workpiece information are locked according to the operator's designation, re-nesting is conducted on sections other than the locked sections.