The Application of KBE on Stamping Process Design
UGNX6.0 is used as the development platform by its UG/KF development tools, fusing feature and knowledge together, so as to realize the process associated with the geometric design knowledge and stamping process design. Based on the features of stamping process, the classification of stamping process knowledge has been studied. With the object-oriented method, the rule-based and instance-based technology for expressing and acquiring the stamping process knowledge is discussed. Based on this, the stamping process model driven by knowledge has been established. A bending sheet was taken as an example in introducing the designing process of progressive die based on UG_PDW. The process arrangement was mainly introduced, and the bending part feature recognition and modeling were all elaborated and related examples were given in the paper. It showed the importance of the CAD technology in designing of relatively complex progressive dies.