Abstract
This paper describes the various levels of information within an intelligent support system for the design of injection moulds. The design system integrates CAD/CAM, database and expert system tools. It allows the designer to define an injection mould in terms of high level objects and features that match his conceptual way of thinking. The data of standard mould components, that are available from a number of suppliers, is stored in a relational database. The generated information on geometry, technology and functionality is stored in a feature based, object oriented model, the so called mould model. The design expertise, that is of a more changing nature, is represented in IF-THEN type rules which are gathered in different knowledge sources.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Coyne, R.D., Roseman, M.A., Radford, A.D., Balachandran, M and Gero, J.S. (1990) Knowledge-based Design Systems. Addison-Wesley, Sydney.
Giarratano, J. and Riley, G. (1989) Expert Systems, Principles and Programming. MA, PWS-Kent, Boston.
Kruth, J.P. and Kesteloot, P. (1989) CAD/CAM reinforces the competitive edge of European mould makers, Proceedings of 9th MICAD Conference, Paris.
Kruth, J.P. and Willems R. (1994) Intelligent Support System for the Design of Injection Moulds, Journal of Engineering Design, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 339–351.
Kusiak, A. Szczerbicki, E. and Vujosevic, R (1991) Intelligent design synthesis: an object-oriented approach, Int. Journal Prod. Res., Vol. 29, No. 7, pp 1291–1308.
Lecluse, D. and Sleeckx, E. (1993) An integrated design support system for mechanical applications applied for plastic injection mould design, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics.
Menges, G. and Mohren, P. (1986) How to Make Injection Moulds. Hanser, New York.
Meyer, B. (1988) Object-Oriented Software Construction. Prentice Hall.
Pye, R.G.W. (1989) Injection Mould Design. Longman, London.
Salomons, O.W., van Houten, F.J.A.M., Kals, H.J.J. (1992), Review of research in Feature-Based Design, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 12, No. 2., pp 113–132.
Schwarz, H. (1985) Catalogue of standardized CAD parts–an essential component of economical CAD/CAM application in the design of tools and moulds, Industrial & Production Engineering, 3, pp. 104–113.
Shah, J.J. (1990) An Assessment of features technology, proceedings of the CAM-I feature symposium P-90-PM-02, pp 55–77.
Stroustrup, B. (1988) What is Object-Oriented Programming?, IEEE Software, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 10–20.
Wierda, L.S. (1991), Linking Design, Process Planning and Cost Information by Feature-based Modelling, Journal of Engineering Design, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp 3–19.
Winston, P.H. (1984) Artificial Intelligence. Addison-Wesley, Sydney.
Zeid, I. (1991) CAD/CAM Theory and practice. McGraw-Hill, Singapore.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1996 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Willems, R., Lecluse, D., Kruth, J.P. (1996). Object Oriented information storage for the design of injection moulds. In: Tomiyama, T., Mäntylä, M., Finger, S. (eds) Knowledge Intensive CAD. KIC 1995. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34930-5_13
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34930-5_13
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-5041-2904-6
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-34930-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive