TWI845869B - Puncher design system and puncher design method - Google Patents

Abstract

A puncher design system and a puncher design method are provided. The puncher design system includes a data base module of parts, an knowledge base module, a graphic software base, a memory and a processor. The puncher design method includes: receiving a plurality of input parameter data sets; and performing a puncher model generating step to use computer-aided design software to generate puncher part models according to the input parameter data set, at least one of a data base of standard parts, a data base of shared parts and a customer demand specification table and at least one of a data base of puncher design knowledge, a data base of material selection knowledge and a data base of motor selection knowledge, and assemble the puncher part models to obtain a puncher model corresponding to a target puncher .

Description

Punch design system and design method

The present invention relates to a punch design system and a punch design method.

In the development of the punch press industry, in order to reduce the design and manufacturing cycle of punch presses, Computer Aided Design (CAD) software is often used to assist in punch press design. However, the design process and parameter settings of punch presses still rely on the habits and experience of engineers, and the design process of punch presses has not been parameterized and modularized. Therefore, the current punch press design process requires cumbersome calculations and a high design threshold, and there will also be a high level of human error.

To solve the above problems, the embodiments of the present invention provide a punch press design system and design method, which integrates the professional knowledge of punch press design to automatically generate the punch press model required by the user according to the parameter data input by the user. In this way, cumbersome calculations can be avoided, the development cycle of the punch press can be shortened, human errors can be reduced, the design threshold can be lowered, and the accumulated parameterization of design experience can be achieved.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the punch press design system includes: a parts database module, a knowledge base module, a drawing software library module, a memory and a processor. The parts database module is used to store at least one of a standard parts library, a shared parts library and a customer requirement specification table, wherein the standard parts library includes a plurality of standard parts data, the shared parts library includes a plurality of shared parts data, and the customer requirement specification table includes a plurality of customer special specification parts parameter data. The knowledge base module is used to store at least one of a punch press design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base, wherein the punch press design knowledge base includes a plurality of punch press design knowledge data, the material selection knowledge base includes a plurality of material selection knowledge data, and the motor selection knowledge base includes a plurality of motor selection knowledge data. The drawing software library module is used to provide at least one computer-aided design (CAD) software. The memory is used to store a plurality of instructions. The processor is electrically connected to the memory to load the above instructions to perform: using a user interface to receive a plurality of input parameter data input by a user, wherein these input parameter data correspond to a target punch required by the user; and performing a punch model generation step to generate a plurality of punch part models using at least one computer-aided design software based on the input parameter data and at least one of a standard product part library, a shared part library, and a customer requirement specification sheet and at least one of a punch design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base, and assemble these punch part models into a punch model corresponding to the target punch.

In some embodiments, when the processor performs the punch press model generation step, the processor performs: selecting a plurality of target part data required for constructing a target punch press from at least one of a standard part library, a shared part library, and a customer requirement specification table and at least one of a punch press design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base according to the input parameter data; selecting a plurality of target part data required for constructing a target punch press from at least one of a standard part library, a shared part library, and a customer requirement specification table according to the input parameter data; A plurality of target knowledge data required for constructing a target punch press is selected from at least one of the requirement specification tables; a part shape of each punch press part model is calculated based on the target part data and the target knowledge data; a punch press part model is generated based on the target part data, the target knowledge data and the part shape of each punch press part model using at least one computer-aided design software; and a punch press model of the target punch press is assembled based on the target knowledge data.

In some embodiments, the punching machine part model includes a motor model, a connecting rod model, and a slider model.

In some embodiments, when the processor performs the step of using at least one computer-aided design software to generate a punching machine part model according to target part data and target knowledge data, the processor performs the following steps: using at least one computer-aided design software to draw a plurality of part sketches, and stretching the part sketches to obtain a punching machine part model.

In some embodiments, the input parameters include: punch tonnage, punch stroke, strokes per minute (SPM), capacity occurrence point, punch bottom area, work platform area, and clamping height of the target punch.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the punch press design method is executed by the punch press design system, wherein the punch press design method includes: providing at least one of a standard parts library, a shared parts library, and a customer requirement specification table, wherein the standard parts library includes a plurality of standard parts data, the shared parts library includes a plurality of shared parts data, and the customer requirement specification table includes a plurality of customer special specification parts parameter data; providing at least one of a punch press design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base, wherein the punch press design knowledge base includes a plurality of punch press design knowledge data, the material selection knowledge base includes a plurality of material selection knowledge bases, and the motor selection knowledge base includes a plurality of material selection knowledge bases. The method comprises: receiving a plurality of input parameter data input by a user through a user interface, wherein the input parameter data corresponds to a target punch press required by the user; and performing a punch press model generation step, so as to generate a plurality of punch press part models using at least one computer-aided design software according to the input parameter data and at least one of a standard product part library, a shared part library, and a customer requirement specification sheet and at least one of a punch press design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base, and assembling the punch press part models into a punch press model corresponding to the target punch press.

In some embodiments, the punch model generation step includes: selecting a plurality of target part data required for constructing a target punch from at least one of a standard part library, a shared part library, and a customer requirement specification table and at least one of a punch design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base according to the input parameter data; selecting a plurality of target part data required for constructing a target punch from at least one of a standard part library, a shared part library, and the customer requirement specification table according to the input parameter data; A plurality of target knowledge data required for constructing a target punch press are selected from at least one of the target parts; a part shape of each punch press part model is calculated according to the target part data and the target knowledge data; a punch press part model is generated according to the target part data, the target knowledge data and the part shape of each punch press part model using at least one computer-aided design software; and the punch press part models are assembled into a punch press model of the target punch press according to the target knowledge data.

In some embodiments, the step of selecting target knowledge data required for constructing a target punch press from at least one of a standard parts library, a parts library, and a customer requirement specification table based on input parameter data includes: calculating a part shape of each punch press part model based on the target part data and the target knowledge data.

In some embodiments, the step of using at least one computer-aided design software to generate a punch press part model based on target part data and target knowledge data includes: using at least one computer-aided design software to draw a plurality of part sketches, and stretching the part sketches to obtain a punch press part model.

In some embodiments, the input parameters include: punch tonnage, punch stroke, strokes per minute, capacity occurrence point, punch bottom area, work platform area, and clamping height of the target punch.

In order to make the above features and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, embodiments are specifically cited below and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The following is a detailed description of the implementation with accompanying drawings, but the implementation provided is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and the description of the structure and operation is not intended to limit the order of its execution. Any structure reassembled from the components to produce a device with equal functions is within the scope of the invention. In addition, the drawings are for illustration purposes only and are not drawn according to the original size.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a functional block diagram of a punch press design system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The punch press design system 100 includes a user interface module 110, a parts database module 120, a knowledge base module 130, a drawing software library module 140, and an inference engine module 150. The user interface module 110 is used to provide a user interface 200, as shown in FIG. 2. The user interface 200 is used for a user to input a plurality of input parameter data through the user interface 200. These input data parameter data correspond to the target punch press required by the user. In some embodiments, the input parameter data includes the punch tonnage, punch stroke, strokes per minute (SPM), capacity occurrence point, punch bottom area, work platform area, and mold clamping height of the target punch. However, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto. The user interface 200 of the embodiment of the present invention also provides a plurality of function buttons 210-230 for the user to select the desired operation. However, in other embodiments of the present invention, after the user inputs the input parameter data of the target punch, the punch design system 100 can automatically generate a corresponding punch model of the target punch.

The parts database module 120 is used to store at least one of a standard parts library, a shared parts library, and a customer requirement specification table. The standard parts library contains a plurality of standard parts data (for example, parts data sold on the market), the shared parts library contains a plurality of shared parts data (for example, parts data of the company's internal specifications that are not disclosed to the outside), and the customer requirement specification table contains a plurality of customer-specific specification parts parameter data. In this embodiment, the parts database module 120 stores the standard parts library, the shared parts library, and the customer requirement specification table, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to this. The data stored in the parts database module 120 can be determined according to user needs. For example, in some embodiments, the parts database module 120 can only store the standard parts library.

The knowledge base module 130 is used to store at least one of the punch press design knowledge base, the material selection knowledge base, and the motor selection knowledge base. The punch press design knowledge base contains data of various parts design knowledge. Taking the design knowledge of the connecting rod part as an example, as shown in FIG3, the design equation of the connecting rod is as follows: F = M / (r*sinα) = 2M / (s*sinα)   (1) M = (F*s*sinα)/2                          (2) d = r*(1-cosα)                              (3) h=r*cosα+(r2*(cos2α-1)+L2)1/2     (4)

Among them, F is the nominal capacity; α is the nominal angle; s is the stroke; M is the required torque; d is the capacity occurrence point; h is the piston pin position (calculated from the crank center); L is the connecting rod length; r is the crank radius.

The material selection knowledge base contains the material selection knowledge data of various parts, such as the material selection knowledge data of connecting rods; the motor selection knowledge base contains the selection knowledge data of various motors, such as the correspondence between the tonnage of the punch press and the motor.

The drawing software library module 140 is used to store and provide at least one computer-aided design (CAD) software. In this embodiment, the drawing software library module 140 is used to store and provide Solid Edge and Inventor. However, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto, and in other embodiments of the present invention, the drawing software library module 140 may store and provide SolidWorks.

The inference engine module 150 is electrically connected to the user interface module 110, the parts database module 120, the knowledge base module 130, and the drawing software library module 140 to receive input parameter data, and generate a plurality of punch part models using computer-aided design software according to the input parameter data and the standard parts library, the shared parts library, the customer requirement specification sheet, the punch design knowledge base, the material selection knowledge base, and the motor selection knowledge base, and assemble these punch part models into a punch model corresponding to the target punch. The punch part model and the assembled punch model are presented using the computer-aided design software.

The punch press design system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by a computer device. Specifically, the computer device includes a memory, a processor, and a hard disk. The memory is used to store a plurality of instructions, and the processor is used to load these instructions to obtain the data required for the operation from the hard disk to realize the functions of the aforementioned user interface module 110, the parts database module 120, the knowledge base module 130, the drawing software library module 140, and the inference engine module 150. In this embodiment, the data of the parts database module 120, the knowledge base module 130, and the drawing software library module 140 can be stored in the aforementioned hard disk, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please refer to Fig. 4, which is a schematic flow chart of a punch press design method 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The punch press design method 400 is executed by the punch press design system 100 described above to generate a punch press part model and an assembled punch press model.

In the punch design method 400, first, step 410 is performed to provide a standard parts library, a shared parts library, a customer requirement specification sheet, a punch design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, a motor selection knowledge base, and a computer-aided design software using the parts database module 120, the knowledge base module 130, and the drawing software library module 140. Then, step 420 is performed to receive input parameter data input by the user using the user interface 200. Then, step 430 is performed to generate a punch model. The step 430 of generating a punch press model generates a plurality of punch press part models using computer-aided design software according to input parameter data, a standard parts library, a shared parts library, a customer requirement specification sheet, a punch press design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base, and assembles these punch press part models into a punch press model corresponding to one of the target punch presses.

The following will describe how the inference submodule 151 in the inference engine module 150 utilizes other submodules to generate an assembled punch press model.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of the process of generating a punch press model according to an embodiment of the present invention in step 430. In step 430, firstly, step 431 is performed to select a plurality of target part data required for constructing the target punch press from a standard parts library, a shared parts library, a customer requirement specification sheet, a punch press design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base according to input parameter data. Specifically, in step 431, the inference submodule 151 in the inference engine module 150 uses the part selection submodule 153 to select target part data from the standard parts library, the shared parts library, the customer requirement specification table, the punch design knowledge base, the material selection knowledge base, and the motor selection knowledge base according to the input parameter data. For example, select the required connecting rod data; select the required motor data; select the required slider data.

Then, step 432 is performed to select a plurality of target knowledge data required for constructing the target punching machine from the standard parts library, the shared parts library, and the customer requirement specification table according to the input parameter data. These target knowledge data may include, for example, the configuration relationship, size, and assembly method of the required parts. Specifically, in step 432, the inference submodule 151 in the inference engine module 150 uses the shape parameter calculation submodule 155 to select the target knowledge data from the standard parts library, the shared parts library, and the customer requirement specification table according to the input parameter data.

Next, step 433 is performed to calculate the part shape of each punching machine part model according to the aforementioned target part data and target knowledge data. Specifically, in step 433, the inference submodule 151 in the inference engine module 150 uses the shape parameter calculation submodule 155 to calculate the part shape of the punching machine part model according to the target part data and target knowledge data. For example, the shape parameter calculation submodule 155 is used to calculate the shape of the punching machine part model according to the aforementioned target part data. For example, the shape of the required connecting rod is calculated; the shape of the required motor is calculated; the shape of the required slider is calculated.

Then, step 434 is performed to generate a punching machine part model based on the target part data and the target knowledge data using the computer-aided design software. Specifically, in step 434, the inference submodule 151 in the inference engine module 150 controls the solid model generation submodule 157 to draw a plurality of part sketches using the computer-aided design software, and stretch these part sketches to obtain a punching machine part model, for example, to obtain a model of a required connecting rod; to obtain a model of a required motor; to obtain a model of a required slider. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B, a sketch of the end of the connecting rod is first drawn, and then the sketch is stretched to obtain a model of the connecting rod.

Then, step 435 is performed to assemble the punch model of the target punch according to the aforementioned target knowledge data. Specifically, in step 435, the inference submodule 151 in the inference engine module 150 controls the physical model assembly submodule 159 to assemble the punch part model into the punch model of the target punch according to the aforementioned target knowledge data. For example, the motor model, the connecting rod model and the slider model are assembled according to the target knowledge data.

As can be seen from the above description, the punch press design system 100 and the punch press design method 400 of the embodiment of the present invention integrate the professional knowledge of punch press design to automatically generate the punch press model required by the user according to the parameter data input by the user. In this way, it is possible to avoid cumbersome calculations, shorten the development cycle of the punch press, reduce human errors, lower the design threshold, and achieve the accumulation of parameterization of design experience.

Although the present invention has been disclosed as above by the embodiments, they are not intended to limit the present invention. Any person with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be defined by the scope of the attached patent application.

100: Punch design system 110: User interface module 120: Parts database module 130: Knowledge base module 140: Drawing software library module 150: Inference engine module 151: Inference submodule 153: Parts selection submodule 155: Shape parameter calculation submodule 157: Solid model generation submodule 159: Solid model assembly submodule 200: User interface 210~230: Function button 400: Punch design method 410~430: Steps 431~435: Steps

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a punch press design system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the design knowledge of a connecting rod according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a punch press design method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of a punch press model generation step according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are schematic diagrams of stretching of a punch press part model according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: Punch design system

110: User interface module

120: Parts database module

130: Knowledge base module

140: Drawing software library module

150: Inference Engine Module

151: Inference submodule

153: Parts selection submodule

155:Shape parameter calculation module

157: Entity model generation submodule

159: Entity model assembly submodule

Claims (10)

A punch design system includes: a parts database module for storing at least one of a standard parts library, a shared parts library, and a customer requirement specification table, wherein the standard parts library includes a plurality of standard parts data, the shared parts library includes a plurality of shared parts data, and the customer requirement specification table includes a plurality of customer special specification parts parameter data; a knowledge base module for storing a At least one of a punch press design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base, and a motor selection knowledge base, wherein the punch press design knowledge base includes a plurality of punch press design knowledge data, the material selection knowledge base includes a plurality of material selection knowledge data, and the motor selection knowledge base includes a plurality of motor selection knowledge data; a drawing software library module for providing at least one computer-aided design (Computer Aided Design) Design; CAD) software; a memory for storing a plurality of instructions; a processor electrically connected to the memory for loading the instructions to: receive a plurality of input parameter data input by a user through a user interface, wherein the input parameter data correspond to a target punch press required by the user; and perform a punch press model generation step to generate a punch press model according to the plurality of input parameter data. Input parameter data and at least one of the standard parts library, the shared parts library, and the customer requirement specification sheet, and at least one of the punch design knowledge base, the material selection knowledge base, and the motor selection knowledge base to generate a plurality of punch part models using at least one computer-assisted design software, and assemble the punch part models into a punch model corresponding to the target punch. The punch press design system as described in claim 1, wherein when the processor performs the punch press model generation step, the processor performs: selecting a plurality of target part data required for constructing the target punch press from at least one of the standard parts library, the shared parts library and the customer requirement specification table and at least one of the punch press design knowledge base, the material selection knowledge base and the motor selection knowledge base according to the input parameter data; selecting a plurality of target part data required for constructing the target punch press from at least one of the standard parts library, the shared parts library and the customer requirement specification table according to the input parameter data; Selecting a plurality of target knowledge data required for constructing the target punch press from at least one of the customer's required specifications; calculating a part shape of each of the punch press part models based on the target part data and the target knowledge data; generating the punch press part models based on the target part data, the target knowledge data and the part shape of each of the punch press part models using the at least one computer-aided design software; and assembling the punch press model of the target punch press based on the target knowledge data. A punch press design system as described in claim 2, wherein when the processor performs the step of using the at least one computer-aided design software to generate the punch press part models according to the target part data and the target knowledge data, the processor performs: using the at least one computer-aided design software to draw a plurality of part sketches, and stretching the part sketches to obtain the punch press part models. A punch press design system as described in claim 1, wherein the punch press part models include a motor model, a connecting rod model, and a slider model. A punch press design system as described in claim 1, wherein the input parameters include: punch press tonnage, punch press stroke, number of strokes per minute, capacity occurrence point, punch bottom surface area, work platform area, and clamping height of the target punch press. A punch design method is performed by a punch design system, wherein the punch design method comprises: providing at least one of a standard parts library, a shared parts library and a customer requirement specification table, wherein the standard parts library contains a plurality of standard parts data, the shared parts library contains a plurality of shared parts data, and the customer requirement specification table contains a plurality of customer special specification parts parameter data; providing at least one of a punch design knowledge base, a material selection knowledge base and a motor selection knowledge base, wherein the punch design knowledge base contains a plurality of punch design knowledge data, the material selection knowledge base contains a plurality of material selection knowledge data, and the motor selection knowledge base contains a plurality of material selection knowledge data. The knowledge base includes a plurality of motor selection knowledge data; a user interface is used to receive a plurality of input parameter data input by a user, wherein the input parameter data corresponds to a target punch required by the user; and a punch model generation step is performed to generate a plurality of punch part models using at least one computer-aided design software according to the input parameter data and at least one of the standard product parts library, the shared parts library, and the customer requirement specification sheet and the punch design knowledge base, the material selection knowledge base, and the motor selection knowledge base, and assemble the punch part models into a punch model corresponding to the target punch. A punch press design method as described in claim 6, wherein the punch press model generation step includes: selecting a plurality of target part data required for constructing the target punch press from at least one of the standard part library, the shared part library, and the customer requirement specification table and at least one of the punch press design knowledge base, the material selection knowledge base, and the motor selection knowledge base based on the input parameter data; selecting a plurality of target part data required for constructing the target punch press from at least one of the standard part library, the shared part library, and the customer requirement specification table based on the input parameter data; Selecting a plurality of target knowledge data required for constructing the target punch press from at least one of the target part data and the target knowledge data; calculating a part shape of each of the punch press part models according to the target part data and the target knowledge data; generating the punch press part models according to the target part data, the target knowledge data and the part shape of each of the punch press part models using the at least one computer-aided design software; and assembling the punch press part models into the punch press model of the target punch press according to the target knowledge data. The punch press design method as described in claim 7, wherein the step of using the at least one computer-aided design software to generate the punch press part models according to the target part data and the target knowledge data includes: using the at least one computer-aided design software to draw a plurality of part sketches, and stretching the part sketches to obtain the punch press part models. A punch press design method as described in claim 6, wherein the punch press part models include a motor model, a connecting rod model, and a slider model. A punch press design method as described in claim 6, wherein the input parameters include: punch press tonnage, punch press stroke, number of strokes per minute, capacity occurrence point, punch bottom surface area, work platform area, and clamping height of the target punch press.

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