| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N21611/01 |
| Title: |
DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND METALFORMING PROCESS ADOPTION VIA SHAPE SIMULATION, COSTING AND CONTROL |
| Principal Investigator: |
Mynors, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Design and Systems Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Brunel University London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
25 September 2000 |
Ends: |
24 June 2004 |
Value (£): |
211,998
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
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| Manufacturing |
Information Technologies |
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The project will produce software for metalforming processes. Called Shape Simulation Software (SSS) this will be a bolt on to fit any CAD package. Shape, functionality and cost are key requirements of any design. Using SSS a designer can produce cost effective metalformed products without need of process knowledge. This will be done by simulating the cost to manufacture individual shape elements of a design and optimising the whole.The SSS data from the CAD will provide input to the metalformers simulation package. This will mean the designer and producer will work from the same information. Moreover, the producer will receive 'sensible' designs on which to base his quotation.Since SSS will sit between CAD and simulation, it provides an opportunity to link tool life information and in-line process monitoring. Data obtained from processing will be used to test the model. Trends in processing behaviour can be used to develop the simulation to evaluate the influence of the system variables Enhancement of the models could allow conditions of process instability to be predicted and corrected. This latter feature could introduce a methodology to obtain a measure of adaptive control over what are fundamentally non steady state processes.
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http://www.brunel.ac.uk |