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The seamless digital process from die design
to the final production is being implemented.
The digital process starts with the three-dimensional
die design.
To reduce the die design time, template-based
modeling methodology is employed, in which
the standardized die templates are pre-modeled
in a parametric manner and then they are automatically
modified for the similar part design, minimizing
manual modification. The 3D models are then
passed to the shop floor for the NC machining
of styrofoam patterns as well as the facing,
drilling and profiling of the die structure.
Press line simulation using 3D
die models helps designers to check interference
and collision in advance, before they are
found during the home-line tryout.
Die design is conveniently and
quickly released to the manufacturing engineers
electronically in the form of 3D triangulated
models for viewing, and 2D drawings as well.