Computer Aided Design of a Pattern and Risers for Casting Processes: Part 1

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Jong Cheon Park ◽  
Kunwoo Lee

An interactive computer program has been developed to design a pattern and risers for the production of castings of high quality. In our system, the user models the shape of a final product by using the system’s modeling capability, a pattern is generated in a three-dimensional model by eliminating the holes and adding shrinkage allowances and drafts, the proper riser is created automatically, and they are united together to yield a three-dimensional model of this portion of a mold assembly. The mold can be completed after the runners and the gating systems are designed, modeled, and united which will be described in Part 2 of this work. The unique feature of this work is a realization of an automatic design of the pattern and risers by integrating the modeling capabilities and the design equations used in commercial practice.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-40
Author(s):  
Vladimir Panchenko

Solar roofing panels fulfill both building protective functions and energy generating ones. The composition of the substrate of the solar roofing panel includes secondary raw materials, which has a positive effect on the environment. To increase the electrical efficiency and also to obtain thermal energy in the form of warm water, it was proposed to create a photovoltaic thermal roofing panel. For this purpose, the presented article describes the method of creating a three-dimensional model of solar photovoltaic thermal modules in a computer-aided design system. The article also proposes a method for manufacturing a prototype body for a solar roofing panel, manufactured using additive technologies, which will significantly reduce costs at the initial stage of creating a prototype due to the possibility of operational changes to a three-dimensional model followed by printing a modified and optimized model. To reduce the number of photovoltaic cells and the cost of a solar roofing panel, it is proposed to use a solar concentrator in the panel.


2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 408-420
Author(s):  
João Correia ◽  
Rui F Martins ◽  
Pedro F Santos

The aim of this study was to develop a three-dimensional model of a patient’s craniofacial structure to be analysed using the finite element method in order to estimate the forces required to carry out a dental positioning’s correction. The three-dimensional model was composed by several anatomical structures, namely the teeth, the periodontal ligaments, and the trabecular and cortical bones, which were modelled with the aid of computed tomography cone beam images. The tomographic images were analysed and reconstructed using the 3D Slicer software, while the assembly of the anatomical structures modelled, as well as the contact surfaces between contiguous parts, was defined in computer-aided design software. Bone remodelling and the occurrence of tissue’s injuries were considered during the numerical simulations carried out. By imposing displacements to each tooth, it was possible to calculate the orthodontic loads needed to carry out dental correction (reaction forces), as well as the distributions of stresses and deformations inherent to the clinical treatment, allowing to obtain a craniofacial structure capable of simulating the dental movements of upper and lower arches with anatomical realism. In addition, this methodology constitutes a personalised dental medicine that could lead to the development of highly customised orthodontic appliances where different mechanical loads could be applied individually to each tooth to achieve the foreseen dental correction.


1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 694-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Case ◽  
J. Mark Porter ◽  
Maurice C. Bonney

Sammie (System for Aiding Man-Machine Interaction Evaluation) is a Computer Aided Design system which provides facilities for ergonomics/human factors evaluation at the earliest stage in the design process. Workplaces, for example the interior of a vehicle or a supermarket checkout, are modelled in three dimensions and presented on a computer graphics screen. A range of techniques are available for interactively modifying the design and for an ergonomie evaluation at each stage by the use of a three-dimensional model of the human operator. This paper describes the facilities available and illustrates the system's usefulness by reference to examples taken from recent design assignments.


Author(s):  
AN Nithyaa ◽  
S Poonguzhali ◽  
N Vigneshwari

Hemiplegia is a type of paralysis that affects one side of the body due to stroke, characterizing severe weakness or rigid movement. Many people of different age groups are affected by this condition which cannot be completely cured but can be minimized through proper physiotherapy. A continuous and repeated exercise has to be given to the hemiplegic subjects to regain their motor function. To serve this purpose, a three-dimensional model of wheelchair contrived with lower limb exoskeleton is designed and motion analysis is done using SolidWorks. This virtual model of the object is created with the assistance of computer-aided design software. Professionals can be able to do the experiment on what-if scenarios with their three-dimensional designs, which helps to validate their devices and identify any snags with design quality. The pattern of behaviour of lower limb exoskeleton is predicted using SimMechanics in MATLAB.


Author(s):  
H J Rea ◽  
R Sung ◽  
J R Corney ◽  
D E R Clark ◽  
N K Taylor

Effective content-based shape retrieval systems would allow engineers to search databases of three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) models for objects with specific geometries or features. Much of the academic work in this area has focused on the development of indexing schemes based on different types of three-dimensional to two-dimensional ‘shape functions’. Ideally, the shape function used to generate a distribution should be easy to compute and permit the discrimination of both large and small features. The work reported in this paper describes the properties of three new shape distributions based on computationally simple shape functions. The first shape function calculates the arithmetic difference between distributions derived (using the original D2 distance shape function) from both a three-dimensional model and its convex hull. The second shape function is obtained by sampling the angle between random pairs of facets on the object. The third shape function uses the surface orientation to filter the results of a distance distribution. The results reported in this paper suggest that these novel shape functions improve significantly the ability of shape distributions to discriminate between complex engineering parts.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.V. Drapalyuk ◽  
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L.D. Bukhtoyarov ◽  
N.Yu. Yurev ◽  
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...  

Currently, the reforestation process has a number of disadvantages, such as the need to use manual labor during the distribution and planting of seedlings; mechanisms for planting seedlings are often equipped with tractors as traction means. The creation of furrows and the preparation of the soil immediately before planting affects the energy consumption of the implements’ drives. At the moment, the inefficiency of planting work is high, since the planting of seedlings with a closed root system occurs in conjunction with a plow. All these factors, when calculated for a long-term period, lead to greater energy consumption when carrying out this type of work. This article discusses approaches to the mechanization of the planting process. Using the experience of planting seedlings with a closed root system (CCS) manually and analyzing the methods of mechanization of planting, it is possible to obtain maximum efficiency when carrying out this type of work. Based on the material studied, a prototype of a planting device suitable for the technology of discrete planting of seedlings with ZKS was selected. Solid modeling of the working body in the Solidworks computer-aided design system has been carried out. When designing the model, the possibility of its production using additive technology using the FDM printing method was envisaged.


2017 ◽  
Vol 903 ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena María Beamud González ◽  
Pedro Jose Núñez López ◽  
Eustaquio García Plaza ◽  
David Rodríguez Salgado ◽  
Alfonso González González ◽  
...  

One of the main shortcomings of individualized training in the use of computer aided design (CAD), and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) tools is that students lack a sound and broad understanding of the type of tools, and their specific and integrated applications in industrial manufacturing. This study aimed to design an integrated curricular training programme in computer aided tools for the design and manufacture of mechanical components based on reverse engineering techniques. By using real products that students can see and touch, a scanned copy is obtained for subsequent reconstruction into a virtual three-dimensional model using the software for optimizing the point cloud, meshing, and creating both the surface and solid. Once the virtual three-dimensional model has been obtained, it is exported to a solid modelling CAD (3D-CAD) software for modification according to the geometrical requirements. The next step is for students to manufacture a component using rapid prototyping techniques, which allow them to visualize, analyse, and inspect a component to optimize its design. The use of computer aided manufacturing software enables students to design and plan machining operations virtually to obtain a computer numeric control (CNC) program for the manufacture of a component with a CNC machine tool. Finally, students perform a quality control of the component by employing a range of measurement techniques. This training program is integrated into the subjects of the mechanical engineering degree, where students can work with these tools in line with an intergraded curriculum.


Author(s):  
Vladimir Panchenko ◽  
Valeriy Kharchenko

This chapter discusses the simulation of solar photovoltaic thermal modules of planar and concentrator structures in computer-aided design systems KOMPAS 3D and finite element analysis ANSYS. To create photovoltaic thermal modules, a method for designing their three-dimensional models in the computer-aided design system has been developed. To study the thermal regimes of the created three-dimensional models of modules, a method has been developed for visualizing thermal processes, coolant velocity, and flow lines of a cooling agent in a finite element analysis system. As a result of calculations in the finite element analysis system using the developed method, conclusions can be drawn about the feasibility of the design created with its further editing, visualization of thermal fields, and current lines of the radiator cooling agent. As an illustration of the simulation results, a three-dimensional model of a photovoltaic thermal planar roofing panel and an optimized three-dimensional model of a photodetector of a solar concentrator photovoltaic thermal module are presented.


1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Cheon Park ◽  
Kunwoo Lee

An interactive computer program to design a mold cavity with the proper rigging system has been developed. In addition to the pattern and the risers generated as described in Part 1 of this work, the various components of the gating system are generated in complete three-dimensional models by a rational approach. Then they are laid interactively by the user, and united together with the pattern and the risers to result in the three-dimensional model of the mold assembly. Finally, the vents and the mold box are constructed following the user’s interactive specification and then the mold cavity is completed in a three-dimensional geometric model by subtracting the mold assembly and the vents from the mold box. The three-dimensional model of a mold cavity is useful for many related applications such as the solidification simulation for mold evaluation and the NC tool path generation for mold production.


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