16.810 (16.682)
Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping
Instructor(s)
Lecture 6
Manufacturing - CAM
January 14, 2004
Prof. Olivier de Weck Dr. Il Yong Kim
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Outline
? Introduction to Manufacturing
? Parts Fabrication and Assembly
? Metrics: Quality, Rate, Cost, Flexibility
? Water Jet Cutting
? Video Sequence B777 Manufacturing
? Role of Manufacturing in a Real World Context
? OMax Introduction
? Computer Aided (Assisted) Manufacturing
? Converting a drawing to CNC Routing Instructions
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Course Flow Diagram
CAD/CAM/CAE Intro
FEM/Solid Mechanics
Overview
Manufacturing
Training
Structural Test
“Training”
Design Optimization
Hand sketching
CAD design
FEM analysis
Produce Part 1
Test
Produce Part 2
Optimization
Problem statement
Final Review
Test
Learning/Review Deliverables
Design Sketch v1
Analysis output v1
Part v1
Experiment data v1
Design/Analysis
output v2
Part v2
Experiment data v2
Drawing v1
Design Intro
Due
Wed, Jan 21
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Introduction to Manufacturing
? Manufacturing is the physical realization of the
previously designed parts
? Metrics to assess the “performance” of mfg
? Quality
? does it meet specifications?
? Rate
? how many units can we produce per unit time?
? Cost
? What is the cost per unit?
? What is the investment cost in machinery & tooling?
? Flexibility
? what else can be make with our equipment?
? How long does it take to reconfigure the plant?
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Life Cycle: Conceive, Design, Implement
1
Beginning
of Lifecycle
-Mission
- Requirements
-Constraints
Customer
Stakeholder
User
Architect
Designer
System Engineer
Conceive
Design
Implement
“process information”
“turn
information
to matter”
SRR
PDR CDR
iterate
iterate
The Environment: technological, economic, political, social, nature
The Enterprise
The System
creativity
architecting
trade studies
modeling simulation
experiments
design techniques
optimization (MDO)
virtual
real
Manufacturing
assembly
integration
choose
create
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Simple Manufacturing Plant
Warehouse
PF1 … PFn
QA1 … QAn
Parts
Buffer
Supplier
Buffer
Assembly
Final
Inspection
Finished
Goods
PF = Parts Fabrication
(focus of this lecture)
QA = Quality Assurance
Raw Materials
Energy
Supplied Parts
Labor
Money
Sales
Scrap
Emissions
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Raw Materials
? Material
Selection
? Strength
? Density
? Cost
? …
? Form
? Sheet
? Rods, ...
Refer to Ashby, M.F., Materials Selection in
Mechanical Design, Oxford; Boston:
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
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Parts Manufacturing
? example: deck components
? Ribbed-bulkheads
? Approximate dimensions
? 250mm x 350mm x 30mm
? Wall thickness = 2.54mm
decks
? Fundamental Parts Fabrication Techniques
? Machining – e.g. milling, laser and waterjet cutting ...
? Forming – e.g. deep drawing, forging, stamping
? Casting - fill die with liquid material, let cool
? Injection Molding - mainly polymers
? Layup – e.g. Pre-preg composite manufacturing
? Sintering - form parts starting from metal powder
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Metal Cutting/Removal Techniques
Turning on a lathe Milling
Planing
Drilling
Countersinking
Slotting
Grinding
Reaming
New Techniques:
Laser Cutting
(mainly for sheet
metal)
Waterjet Cutting
Reaming
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Quality: Engineering Tolerances
? Tolerance --The total amount by which
a specified dimension is permitted to
vary (ANSI Y14.5M)
? Every component
within spec adds
to the yield (Y)
q
p(q)
L
U
Y
y
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Process Capability Indices
? Process Capability Index
? Bias factor
? Performance Index
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Rate: Manufacturing
? Typically: #of units/hour
? The more parts we make (of the same
kind), the lower the cost/unit
? Learning Curve effects
? Higher Speed - Human learning
? Reduced setup time
? Fewer Mistakes (= less scarp=higher yield)
? Bulk quantity discounts (=economies of
scale)
? Better negotiating position with suppliers of
raw materials and parts
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Learning Curve Equation
? Credited to T.P. Wright [1936]
? Model cost reduction between
first production unit and
subsequent units
? Model the total production
cost of N units
()
B
total
CNTFUN ?
ln 100%
1
ln2
S
B {
S=90% Learning Curve
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
Number of Units Produced
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Un
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t
S=90%
B=0.85
TFU=1
TFU = Theoretical first unit cost
S = learning curve slope in %
--> percentage reduction in cumulative
average cost, each time the number
of production units is doubled
Recommended:
2<N<10 S=95%
10<N<50 S=90%
N>50 S=85%
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Cost: Driving Factors
? Cost/Unit [$]
? Depends on
? Manufacturing process chosen
? Number of Parts made
? Skill and Experience of worker(s), Salary
? Quality of Raw Materials
? Reliability of Equipment
? Energy Costs
? Land/Facility Cost
? Tolerance Level (Quality)
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Process Selection
tot fixed var
()CN C C N ?
- Machine
-Tools
- Training
-Time/part
- Material
-Energy
Fixed cost process 1
Total cost
process 2
Total
Manufacturing
Cost [$]
N - number of parts produced
Total Cost
process 1
Fixed cost process 2
Choose
2
Choose
1
E.g.
Waterjet Cutting
E.g. Stamping
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Flexibility: Uncertainties
? Short market cycles
? Distinct customers with changing needs
? Changes in laws, regulations & standards
a Uncertainties in products and, therefore,
in single parts!
? How to address these uncertainties?
a Flexibility as ‘Magic bullet’?
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Flexibility of process technologies
High Speed Machining
Forming technology
Punching
Casting
Set-up time
Output rate
?
?
o
?
?
a
Fix
Var
C
C
Prototyping
? Flexibility is the ease
with which a system
can change from one
state to another!
? Which process is more
flexible than others?
What type
of flexibility?
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Types of Flexibilities and their Linkage
Component or Basic
Flexibilities
System Flexibilities Aggregate Flexibilities
Organizational Structure
Microprocessor Technology
Process
Routing
Product
Volume
Expansion
Machine
Material Handling
Operation
Program
Production
Market
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Waterjet - Brief history
- Industrial uses of ultra-high pressure waterjets began in the early 1970s.
Pressures: 40,000 ~ 60,000 psi
Nozzle diameter: 0.005"
- Special production line machines were developed to solve
manufacturing problems related to materials that had been previously
been cut with knives or mechanical cutters.
- Examples of early applications
Cardboard
Shapes from foam rubber
Soft gasket material
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Waterjet - Brief history
- In the early 1990s, John Olsen (pioneer of the waterjet cutting industry)
explored the concept of abrasive jet cutting.
- The new system equipped with a computerized control system that
eliminated the need for operator expertise and trial-and-error
programming.
- Olsen teamed up with Alex Slocum (MIT)
Used cutting test results and a theoretical cutting model by Rhode Island
University. Developed a unique abrasive waterjet cutter.
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Pumps
Intensifier Pump
- Early ultra-high pressure cutting systems used hydraulic intensifier pumps.
- At that time, the intensifier pump was the only pump for high pressure
- Engine or electric motor drives the pump
Pressure: ~ 60,000 psi
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Pumps
Crankshaft pumps
- Use mechanical crankshaft to move any number of individual pistons
- Check valves in each cylinder allow water to enter the cylinder as the
plunger retracts and then exit the cylinder into the outlet manifold as the
plunger advances into the cylinder.
Pressure: ~ 55,000 psi
Reliability is higher.
Actual operating range of most systems
: 40,000 ~50,000 psi
An increasing number of abrasivejet systems
are being sold with the more efficient and
easily maintained crankshaft-type pumps.
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Nozzles
Two-stage nozzle design
[1] Water passes through a small-diameter jewel orifice to form a narrow jet.
Then passes through a small chamber pulling abrasive material
[2] The abrasive particles and water pass into a long, hollow cylindrical
ceramic mixing tube. The resulting mix of abrasive and water exits the
mixing tube as a coherent stream and cuts the material.
Alignment of the jewel orifice and the mixing
tube is critical
In the past, the operator adjusted the alignment
often during operation.
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X-Y Tables
Separate
Integrated
x
y
z
Cutting table
Gantry
Cantilever
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X-Y Tables
Loading material onto the table can be difficult
because the gantry beam may interfere, unless
the gantry can be moved completely out of the
way
Because the gantry beam is moved at both
ends, a very high-quality electronic or
mechanical system must be employed to
Well-adapted to the use of multiple
nozzles for large production runs
Y-axis is limited in length to about 5 feet
because of structural considerations
Gantry
Cantilever
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X-Y Tables
Separate
Integrated
Inherently better dynamic accuracy
because relative unwanted motion or
vibration between the table and X-Y
structure is eliminated
More expensive to build than the
traditional separate frame system
Less floor space is required for a given table
size because the external support frame is
eliminated
System accuracy can be built at the
factory and does not require extensive
on-site set-up and alignment
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Waterjet in Aero/Astro machine shop
OMAX Machining Center 2652
Integrated
cantilever
Image courtesy of OMAX Corporation www.omax.com
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CNC - Control System
The OMAX control system computes exactly how the feed rate should vary for a
given geometry in a given material to make a precise part.
The algorithm actually determines desired variations in the feed rate every 0.0005"
(0.012 mm) along the tool path
OMAX uses a PC to compute and store the entire tool path and feed rate profile
and then directly drive the servo motors that control the X-Y motion.
CAD Model
SolidWorks (.prt)
Drawing
SolidWorks (.dxf)
CAM Layout
Omax Layout (.ord)
Omax Make
Image courtesy of OMAX Corporation www.omax.com
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How to Estimate Manufacturing Cost?
(1) Run the Omax Software!
Overhead cost estimate in
Aero/Astro machine shop
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( $1.25/minute)C
(2) Estimation by hand
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- Break up curves into linear and nonlinear
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- Measure curve lengths and calculate
cutting speeds
- Solve for cutting times for each curve
and sum
Image courtesy of OMAX Corporation www.omax.com
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How to Estimate Manufacturing Cost?
[in/min]
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q
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? Linear cutting speed, u
linear
? Good approximation for most
of the curves in the CAM
waterjet cutting route
? Arc section cutting speed, u
arc
? Assume if arc radius is less
than R
min
? Reduce manufacturing time
? Reduce the total cutting length
? Increase fillet radii
? Reduce cutting curve lengths
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