Process integration determining system and method

An optimal process determining system comprising:

• a shape memory unit that stores a material shape and a product shape;
• a tool holder information storage unit that stores information of a plurality of tools and information of a plurality of holders;
• a basic tooling storage unit that stores a basic tooling composed of a combination of a tool, a holder and a tool projection length or a basic tooling template corresponding to the basic tooling for each of a plurality of machining efficiency groups;
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• a process determining unit that determines an optimal process, composed of a plurality of individual processes and a sequence of the plurality of individual processes, for forming the product shape from the material shape, wherein
• the process determining unit executes:
• a machined shape determining step of determining a machined shape machined by the basic tooling or basic tooling template of each machining efficiency group from the material shape;
• a tooling selecting step of selecting an optimal tooling composed of a combination of a tool, a holder and a tool projection length on the basis of information of the tools and the holders, stored in the tool holder information storage unit, the combination having a maximum machining efficiency and being able to form the material shape into a corresponding one of the machined shapes without interfering with the machined shape, wherein the tool projection length is a length by which the tool projects from the holder, and the maximum machining efficiency is the highest removal volume per unit time;
• a process candidate determining step of determining an optimal process candidate using the optimal tooling of each machining efficiency group;
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• a process determining step of determining the optimal process on the basis of the optimal process candidate of each machining efficiency group, and wherein
• each of the individual processes of the optimal process includes a tooling, comprising the tool, the holder and the tool projection length, and a removal region.