Method and system for creating a tooling master model for manufacturing parts
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAlexander Bernard Flavian Rebello, Michael Charles Ostrowski, Kena Kimi Yokoyama, Vinod Padmanabhan Kumar, Dean Michael Robinson
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Abstract
A method of creating a tooling master model for a manufacturing process for a part includes generating a manufacturing context model from a parametric model for the part. The tooling master model includes a tooling geometry for the part, and the manufacturing context model includes a number of tooling features. A system for generating the tooling master model includes a computer aided design (CAD) system configured to receive the parametric model and to generate the manufacturing context model from the parametric model.
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A method of creating a tooling master model for a manufacturing process for a part, the tooling master model comprising a tooling geometry for the part, said method comprising:
- generating a manufacturing context model from a parametric model for the part, the manufacturing context model comprising a plurality of tooling features.
A system for generating a tooling master model for a manufacturing process for a part, the tooling master model comprising a tooling geometry, said system comprising:
- a computer aided design (CAD) system configured to receive a parametric model and to generate a manufacturing context model from the parametric model, the manufacturing context model comprising a plurality of tooling features.
A method of manufacturing comprising:
- generating a manufacturing context model for a manufacturing process for a part from a parametric model, the manufacturing context model comprising a plurality of tooling features;
- creating a tooling master model from the manufacturing context model, the tooling master model comprising a tooling geometry for the part;
- generating a hard tooling using the tooling master model;
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- manufacturing at least one part using the hard tooling and a plurality of process parameters.
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