Development of a generic planning solution of automatic processing for parametric parts

• Grant number: 97/13304-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: June 01, 1998
• End date: October 31, 2000
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Production Engineering - Product Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Haroldo Thomaz Kerry Júnior
• Grantee: Haroldo Thomaz Kerry Júnior
• Company: Comacol São Carlos Comércio de Materiais e Componentes para Informática e Consultoria Ltda

Abstract

The goal of the present research work is to enable the Cappe (Computer Aided Process Planning Environment) information technology system already developed by KSR, to become an automatic system for parametric parts in general. KSR is a partnership of former University of São Paulo (USP/São Carlos) students who, five years ago, with experience gained in the area of Capp (Computer Aided Process Planning), set up the company with a view to filling a gap they detected in the international industrial automation market. Shortly afterwards they launched the Cappe system. However, this system does not support automatic generative planning, and this represents a serious limitation. An automatic solution for parameterized parts was developed, with good results, in a master’s thesis. However, this development was too specific and it was not possible to incorporate this feature in the Cappe solution - something the present work is attempting to remedy. The results of phase 1 demonstrated the technical viability of the proposed solutions. The objective of phase 2 is to complete the implementation of a prototype resulting from phase 1, with emphasis on the details of the integrated process of CAD, multi-language working, integration with ERP, three layer design and visualization of the plans via the web. (AU)