An Integrated CAD-CAPP-CAM System for Machining Mold Die With Optimal Cutting Parameters

The main purpose of this paper was to integrate CAD-CAPP-CAD system with optimizing cutting parameters for machining mold die. Due to the complexity of the machining process injection mold, its optimization as well as its optimal control is difficult to perform. Optimization of the cutting process needs efficient means for determining the optimal cutting parameters in order to minimize machining time and simultaneously preserve the quality of machining surface. With the recent development in CAD/CAM software, manufacturing engineers can proceed with the process planning problems, without knowing functional relationship between process input and process output in advance. In this study, the machining simulation in CATIA is used to obtain the results as initial inputs of optimal analysis. The response surface methodology (RSM) is used to analyze the cutting parameters such as cutting speed, feedrate, radial and axial depth of cut, and machining tolerance. Then this process will be integrated into process chain system that we have developed in the previous research.