An integrated information system for electronic manufacture

Author

Cole, J.E.

Author_Institution

Marconi Commun. Syst., Chelmsford, UK

fYear

1989

fDate

32619

Firstpage

42522

Lastpage

42524

Abstract

Described in this paper is a fully integrated design-to-manufacture information system. The first part of the paper deals with the automatic conversion of design data into data directly useable in manufacture. This is followed by a description of the data distribution system used to convey information from design to manufacture. Software has been developed to interrogate the CAD model, and to make all the decisions necessary to generate NC programs for the following manufacturing processes: piercing of metal sheets prior to bending, turning and milling, drilling and profiling printed circuit boards, and automatic insertion of components into printed boards. This software runs automatically, without any human intervention, often on unattended overnight batch processing

Keywords

CAD/CAM; batch processing (computers); data conversion; electronic engineering computing; management information systems; manufacturing data processing; printed circuit manufacture; CAD model; NC programs; automatic component insertion; automatic conversion; bending; data distribution system; design data; drilling; electronic manufacture; integrated information system; metal sheet piercing; milling; overnight batch processing; printed circuit boards; profiling; turning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

CAD in the Aerospace Industry, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

Filename

198305