Apparatus and method of proposing bending sequences and bending tools for a metal plate part
AssigneeAmada Company, Limited
InventorYearn-Tzuo Hwang
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Abstract
An apparatus for proposing bending sequences and bending tools for a metal plate part includes system for storing a development plan of the metal plate part; system for detecting a plurality of bending sequence proposals which make it possible to manufacture the metal plate part based on the development plan, and bending tool proposals used in each bending process of each bending sequence proposal; and system for displaying the plurality of bending sequence proposals. Such display includes information showing the stage numbers in each bending sequence proposal.
Claims17
A method of detecting bending sequences and bending tools, comprising:
- storing a development plan for a metal plate part having a plurality of bending regions;
- inputting a maximum number of bending sequence proposals to be detected;
- detecting up to the maximum number of bending sequence proposals based on the development plan;
- detecting bending tool proposals used in each bending process of the detected bending sequence proposals;
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- displaying the detected bending sequence proposals and the detected bending tool proposals;
- wherein the detecting the bending tool proposals includes detecting interference between the bending tools and the metal plate part for each mounting state of the bending tools on a bending machine.
An apparatus for proposing bending sequences and bending, comprising:
- a storage that stores a development plan of a metal plate part;
- a detector that detects a plurality of bending sequence proposals that enable the manufacture of the metal plate part based on the development plan, and bending tool proposals used in each bending process of each bending sequence proposal;
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- a display that displays the plurality of bending sequence proposals, wherein said display includes information showing the stage numbers in each bending sequence proposal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.