Be in world-renowned American Autodie company, mould design and development already entered a new era. They insist to be mixed in new technology from beginning to end groom on investment, the target is: Promote company development, the whole world that makes punch mould project and production service field is banner supplier. Be in world-renowned American Autodie company, mould design and development already entered a new era. They insist to be mixed in new technology from beginning to end groom on investment, the target is: Promote company development, the whole world that makes punch mould project and production service field is banner supplier. Autodie company devotes oneself to the large mould design of auto industry 40 years all the time, basically be the design of mould of side automobile body and class A surface. When 2006, the company undertook recombining, again coruscate energy and opportunity of survival. Later, the company won Kelaisile successfully this big client, still cooperate with a lot of car OEM business now. Grow with twice from the company's annual since 2007 income. What recombine this is crucial, it is design of a when hold appeal of David Darling of presiding operation official concurrently to advocate by company vice president concerned mould and the new concept that can make a model. "We special to develop and be being emulated of the mould be obsessed with, " Darling says: "Our acceptance is offerred absolutely the NC-ready mould design of 100 ％ . This means: The model mixes those production solid to make the model into applicably the difference between the supplier of machine treatment, smaller and smaller. It is 100 ％ are accurate that we hope our framework, close solid and machine treatment mould are designed. If do not have a law to achieve such accuracy, can bring about do poorly done work over again and waste. " level to can make a model road but Darling admits: Unfortunate is, the centre of gravity that Autodie company pays close attention to most is not a technology all the time. In 20 centuries 90 time later period reachs 21 centuries first, company management layer is regard a kind of commodity as the technology and not be its in light of business core part. A lot of people that supply chain with industry of North America automobile in that way, autodie company also creates the pattern outside the bag gives low cost the state. "We all the time hold this kind of concept, till 2006, " Darling says. Begin from 2006, darling and its engineering group begin to devote oneself to to rebuild technical concept, begin to be designed to the mould, increase control from the whole framework technological process that begins an end. To January 2007, the company already had made the preparation that rolls out new development technological process, basically devote oneself to development and imitate -- the mould with deliver to modular face the choice good designs a company, will design process designing of direct deliver NC by them again. "Do the aperture design of side automobile body for example, " Darling says: "When you want to read document of NC process designing, we can open to the outside world the same pattern design in the same software that stylist is using. Such a certain particular part that you can transfer assembly line to go up, open workbench of method of numerical control cutting tool truly. This means: We connect mould design and treatment into a gleam of. " Darling thinks, design itself may occupy the 5~10 ％ of mould totle drilling cost only, but be 60 ％ however to the consequence of whole cost. Nevertheless he also admits; "It is cheap in that way that we resemble what low cost country does impossibly forever " . This real problem makes company more pursuit is excelsior, final result is apparent also: The work time of framework mould reduced 35 ％ ; The first sample accords with the rate heighten that sale asks; Time of project do poorly done work over again reduced 50 ％ -- last bits particularly breathtaking, darling expresses: "This can make our flow operates time to reduce a few hours, calculate always come down, a workshop is average and annual reduce hour of 500 thousand labor likely. " a manual of admirable mould design standard turns production system into real key by image, it is to make have a lot of designs (5 or 6) the storage facility for supply purpose of drawing office, in order to reach the level of Autodie company, develop requires mastery of a skill or technique. "We take exterior effect seriously very much, " Darling says: "Pay close attention to the face that every mould designs particularly, hope they can be sent toward factory production directly. It is not easy to should achieve level of this kind of design. The software of this kind of design that we use now is very novel. We still used a few very advanced technologies. Every design firm can not accomplish this. Of course, these technologies still need to rise further. " change in Autodie company with initial stage of new design software, manual of standard of its mould design has only short a few pages, now, the specification inside and example already added 165 pages, work newly to be taught to design group only means, make can machine body to be able to be produced directly, any rework that because collision and interference are brought about,avoid. "Before we can propose this form application of production body concept to rise truly, " Darling says: "We can spend the 4 time to 6 weeks to undertake process designing of CAD / CAM, to be used at the mould surface of machine treatment the design prepares. The sort of using up time " inexact " machine flow to already was washed out actually, we begin to add more new content in the design. " in be asked about " add new content " when whether having example, darling lifted the exclusive application of an Autodie company, the compensation of outspread, punch after designing nap for instance and reduce radius. "We discharged the past to be expended on exterior design not only 4 reach 6 weeks (the mould design that is used at be numerical control process designing prepares) , still time has additional test. " Darling still points out, now the design of Autodie company " have distinguishing feature quite, conduce to undertake computer graph assists three-dimensional and alternant application automatically (CATIA) . With design of this kind of fashion, can simplify the technological process with development mould necessary product line, 200 hours when the likelihood makes numerical control process designing needs are reduced only 30 hours. " the method of seed profit process designing of Autodie company is more very from company and Feiyate / Kelaisile forms in the cooperative relation of the company. "In these collaboration, our bring into contact with CAD in-house workbench, but most company does not have a law forever,know then, or because cost is too high,be oneself do not have a law to be run independently, " Darling says: "And, process designing is the combine of each respect. If a mould is designed,changed so (trying for instance in moving) , won't break all links to be forced to begin from the beginning. Cutting tool method and the cut surface that they need are together forever repeatedly, so once cut surface was changed, cutting tool method also can be changed accordingly. For long-term future excelsior Autodie company still has other exact patterns to develop the work. Be informed from Darling place, the starting module that its company uses, have distinguishing feature quite, can offer a good starting point for stylist, conduce to them developing the pattern that accords with the ministerial standard inside its. About the mould development of Autodie company, still have a case: Of contrail of a complete cutting tool pull extend a pattern. The company develops the effort that the domain gives in nicety, saved a large number of time for whole technological process -- a workshop is annual and average save hour of 500 thousand labor. Darling says: "For example, when a stylist begins to develop a new pattern, he can visit our software to fall mediumly pull menu (we had undertaken those software custom-built, the raw material that prevents somebody to use the rolled steel supplier that is not us to offer) . We also were restricted the bolt that is used on these module that start and annul, those we already stock up ends. This prevented stylist to tag deepness of a few heavy aperture at will in module, because want to add goods in stock,also won't ask only, have to match bolt to tone comes over and waste time. Contrarily, stylist can be appointed the screw that needs to use and annul (those we had been put beforehand come into stock) . " accurate and efficient mould development and assembly force, have very big challenge sex, very significant also. Darling summary says: "Acknowledgment engineer and workshop employee people overcame a lot of difficulty hard, the supplier that prep let alone still has us -- the level that they accepted us, still let us groom their employee. " for this, processing technique innovates the machine that before domestic company came true successfully 5 years, this ever thought of far from, in those days the majority of numerical control equipment of its inventory is to going up 80 time metaphase installs the century. Darling says: "2006, the issue that a clearly that we must face is ignored easily again is, if we will have equipment modernization, raise cutting rate, the 5-10 that increases to have for instance times, we have to want to be clear that it what should machine on milling machine after all is better to what should machine on milling machine after all -- the place that this is the significant progress that we obtain later -- we are the scareddest is the condition that did not improve in the technology below workshop modernization, that is original 1 meter / minute error rate, probable meeting becomes 15 very serious meters / minute. So later can appear very quickly much shiver waste material. " because count those who control device to upgrade, its developed the accuracy of flow and stability to get rising, its client amount, purchasing power, turnover and profit, rising ceaselessly. "It is early at the beginning of 2011, we released a plan of two years of investment, 24 million dollar invests on equipment of new numerical control, " Darling says: "This plan is undertaking effectively now in. In the equipment that adds newly in us, having 3 is 3. 5 meters of crossover milling machine to 6 meters, deserve to have the milling head of rotate speed 20000RPM, cutting speed is 15 meters / minute. Still having two is medium-sized horizontal machining center, cutting speed 15 meters / minute, 20000r/min of main shaft rotate speed. "If can press a plan to finish, to this year the end of the year, flow of this product line can expect like us in that way fast essence of life is accurate. We still expect to be able to enhance abroad competition ability, carry the mould sea export makes work. Carry the mould sea export makes work.. CNC Milling
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