Machining-process generation device, and machining-process generation method

A machining-process generation method comprising:

• generating a machining process by generating data on each of machining-operation units that define the machining process, on a basis of a generation condition for the machining process and process instances being instances of machining processes generated in the past, each of the machining-operation units indicating details of machining;
• generating background information indicating a background to generation of data on each of the machining-operation units of the machining process, the background information including information in which the generated data on each of the machining-operation units of the machining process is associated with the process instances having been used to generate the data on each of the machining-operation units of the machining process;
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• displaying side-by-side, from the background information, the generated machining process and a selected one of the process instances used to generate the data on each of the machining-operation units of the machining process on a display,
• wherein each of the process instances includes, as the generation condition for the machining process, tool and machine information for a tool and machine to be used for machining, and
• each of the process instances includes a name of a creator of the process instance, a date and time of creation of the process instance, and an identifier of a product manufactured using the process instance.

A machining-process generation device comprising:

• a process-instance storage to store therein process instances that are instances of machining processes generated in the past, each of the machining processes being defined by machining-operation units, each of the machining-operation units indicating details of machining;
• a process generator to generate data on each machining-operation unit of a machining process by:
• (i) setting a raw material;
• (ii) calculating a removal shape that is a shape which the machining-operation unit of the machining process removes from a raw material;
• (iii) extracting machining methods corresponding to a machined shape present within the removal shape;
• (iv) extracting, from the process-instance storage, process instances including the same raw material as the set raw material and the same machining methods as the extracted machining methods;
• (v) determining, as a machining method of the machining-operation unit of the machining process, the most frequently-used one of machining methods of the extracted process instances including the same raw material as the set raw material and the same machining methods as the extracted machining methods;
• (vi) generating background information on the determination of the machining method, the background information on the determination of the machining method including the raw material, the extracted machining methods, the extracted process instances, and the most frequently-used machining method;
• (vii) extracting, from the process-instance storage, process instances including the same raw material as the set raw material and the same machining method as the determined machining method;
• (viii) determining, as a tool of the machining-operation unit of the machining process, the most-frequently-used one of tools of the extracted process instances including the same raw material as the set raw material and the same machining method as the determined machining method;
• (ix) generating background information on the determination of the tool, the background information on the determination of the tool including the extracted process instances including the same raw material as the set raw material and the same machining method as the determined machining method;
• (x) determining a machining condition of the machining-operation unit of the machining process, using regression analysis based on the process instances including the same raw material as the set raw material and the same machining method as the determined machining method;
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• (xi) generating background information on the determination of the machining condition, the background information on the determination of the machining condition including the raw material, the determined machining method, and information on the regression analysis,
• a display capable of displaying the background information on the determination of the machining method, the background information on the determination of the tool, and the background information on the determination of the machining condition.