JPH05146945A - Part machining estimating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically estimate the machining cost of a work part and select the optimum machining facility by providing an evaluating means capable of estimating the machining cost of the work part to be processed and specifying the optimum machining facility for the work part to be processed according to the machining cost. CONSTITUTION:The second calculating means 10 corrects the standard machining time calculated by the first calculating means according to the capability difference of the facility function controlled by a facility function control means 5, interpolates it to include the indirect time such as the generating time of the NC program according to the inputted production information of a work part to be processed, and calculates the machining time corresponding value of the subject work part by each machining facility specified by the second specifying means 9. An evaluating means 11 estimates the machining cost of the subject work part for each machining facility based on the calculated result of the second calculating means 10 after this calculation process and reports the optimum machining facility for machining the subject work part to a user.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is capable of automatically estimating the machining cost of a machined part according to the computer configuration and automatically determining the machining equipment most suitable for machining the machined part based on the estimated machining cost. The present invention relates to a parts processing estimating device.

In the field of machining, production systems using computer technology such as NC machines and machining centers are becoming widespread, and also in the field of mechanical design,
Computer-aided design systems such as CAD systems are becoming widespread. Compared with this, in the field of production control of machined parts, the application of computer technology has been significantly delayed, and in particular, the estimation of the processing cost of processed parts at the design stage should be done by a production engineer who is familiar with production processing technology. The reality is that it is done by hand using know-how. From now on, there is a need to realize computerized automation of the entire machining field by realizing the automation of the machining cost estimation of such machined parts.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art When estimating a machining cost of a machined part, for example, when a concrete machining program such as an NC machine or a machining center is completed, the procedure for machining the part is quantified. Although there is room for realization, at the design stage, the part processing procedure is not quantified, and an estimate must be executed from the design information written on the design drawing.

[0004] From heretofore, in the past, the estimation of the machining cost on the desk at the design stage could not be executed by a general mechanical designer, and a production manager who is familiar with the production processing technology should use the past results as a basis. In reality, it is done by hand using intuition and know-how.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional technique, since the processing cost is estimated manually by making full use of intuition and know-how, it takes time to estimate the processing cost and its accuracy is not high. There was a problem. Further, there is a problem that the production cost cannot be estimated unless a production manager who is familiar with the production processing technology is used. Moreover, in the past, since the estimation process became extremely complicated, we did not even select the most suitable processing equipment from the processing equipment at hand to process the part. There was also the problem that parts were processed at high processing costs.

[0006] As a further serious problem, there is a problem in that since the process of estimating the machining cost at the design stage cannot be computerized, the computerized automation of the entire machining field cannot be realized.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and automatically estimates the machining cost of a machined part, and automatically determines the machining equipment most suitable for machining the machined part based on the estimated machining cost. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a new component processing estimation device that enables determination.

[0008]

FIG. 1 illustrates the principle configuration of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a parts processing estimation device configured according to the present invention, 2 is a man-machine interface device included in the parts processing estimation device 1, and 3 is a processing procedure developed in an external storage device included in the parts processing estimation device 1, for example. It is a management means that manages the maximum of the machining process procedures necessary for machining the machined parts belonging to each part group while taking the correspondence between the part shape of the machined parts belonging to each part group and the machining work. For example, 4 is a calculation formula management unit that is developed in an external storage device included in the component processing estimation device 1, and manages a calculation formula that calculates a standard processing time required for each processing. It is an equipment function management means that is developed in an external storage device included in the estimation apparatus 1 and manages equipment functions of each processing equipment.

The component processing estimation device 1 includes an input / output control means 6
1, a first specifying unit 7, a first calculating unit 8, a second specifying unit 9, a second calculating unit 10, and an evaluating unit 11.

The input / output control means 6 executes interface processing with the man-machine interface device 2, and the first specifying means 7 specifies a processing step procedure of a processing target processing part, The calculating means 8 is the first specifying means 7
The standard processing time of the processing step procedure specified by is calculated, and the second specifying means 9 specifies a plurality of processing equipment capable of executing the processing step procedure specified by the first specifying means 7, The second calculating means 10 calculates the processing time equivalent value of the processing target processing component by the processing equipment specified by the second specifying means 9 by correcting and interpolating the standard processing time calculated by the first calculating means 8. Then, the evaluation means 11 estimates the processing cost of the processing target processing part based on the calculation result of the second calculating means 10, and determines the optimum processing equipment for the processing target processing part according to the estimated processing cost. Identify.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the user estimates the machining cost of the machining part to be processed and determines the machining equipment most suitable for machining the machining part to be processed according to the machining cost. Two
Via the, the part group to which the processing target processing part belongs and the processing shape are input to the first specifying means 7, and the processing material of the processing target processing part is input to the first calculating means 8. Along with the input, the production information of the processed part to be processed is input to the second calculating means 10.

When the part group to which the processed part to be processed and the machining shape are input, the first specifying means 7 is provided.
Specifies the processing step procedure of the processing target processing part by taking the correspondence relationship between the input information and the management data of the processing procedure management means 3. When the processing step procedure of the processing target processing part is specified, the first calculation means 8 makes a first specification while considering the input processing material according to the calculation formula managed by the calculation formula management means 4. The standard machining time of each machining of the machining process procedure specified by the means 7 is calculated and the total value thereof is calculated to calculate the standard machining time of the machining process procedure specified by the first specifying means 7. .. on the other hand,
The second specifying means 9 specifies a plurality of processing equipments capable of executing the processing step procedure specified by the first specifying means 7 according to the equipment function managed by the equipment function managing means 5.

In this way, when the standard machining time of the machining process procedure specified by the first specifying means 7 is calculated and a plurality of processing equipments capable of executing the machining process procedure are specified, the second Calculation unit 10 corrects the standard machining time calculated by the first calculation unit 8 according to the difference in capability of the facility function managed by the facility function management unit 5, and NC according to the input production information of the processing target machining component. By interpolating to include indirect time such as program creation time, the processing time equivalent value of the processing target processing part by each processing equipment specified by the second specifying means 9 is calculated. Then, in response to this calculation processing, the evaluation means 11 estimates the processing cost of the processing target processing component for each processing equipment based on the calculation result of the second calculation means 10, and also the estimated processing cost. Man-machine interface device 2
By performing processing such as sequentially displaying on the display screen of, the user is notified of the processing equipment that is most suitable for processing the processing target processing part, and the processing target processing part by the processing equipment Will be notified of the processing cost of.

As described above, according to the present invention, the machining cost of the machined part can be automatically estimated according to the computer configuration, and the machining cost optimized for machining the machined part can be obtained by the estimated machining cost. The equipment can be automatically determined.

[0015]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a processing flow executed by the component processing estimation device 1 of the present invention described with reference to FIG.

Here, in the figure, 20 is an input data file prepared for executing the automatic cost estimation processing and automatic selection processing of the optimum machining equipment, and 21 is prepared for storing the output data. An output data file, 22 is an input unit such as a keyboard, a mouse and a CAD device, 23 is a display unit, and 24 is a printing unit.

This input data file 20 has the first
For each component group such as shafts, flanges, gears, etc., it is managed what kind of variable machining shape elements the machining parts belonging to that component group have, and based on the management data The display of a drawing information input screen, which will be described later, that realizes the setting of these variable machining shape elements is realized. That is, for example, in FIG.
What is the variable machining shape element of the shafts such as the stud shown in (a), the bar shown in FIG. 3 (b), the pin shown in FIG. 3 (c), and the spindle shown in FIG. 3 (d). It realizes the display of the drawing information input screen for managing whether there is any such thing, and setting the variable machining shape element of the axes based on the management data.

Secondly, the input data file 20 is required for the machining of the machining parts belonging to each component group while taking the correspondence between the component shape of the machining parts belonging to each component group and the machining work. The largest process procedure (hereinafter referred to as maximum machining process procedure information) is managed.
That is, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, the shafts have component shapes such as a reference parallel surface, a hole in the shaft center, and an outer cylindrical surface as described in “shape name” in the drawing. Then, as described in "Work name" in the figure, as the machining work corresponding to those part shapes in a one-to-one manner, surface roughing / finishing work, center drilling work, outer rounding roughing / finishing There is processing work such as work, and there is a processing procedure of up to 25 steps to process parts such as shaft processing parts including the manual work of on-site processing workers such as four-way clamping center. Manage.

Thirdly, the input data file 20 has a standard processing time (necessary for net processing work) required for each processing (including manual work such as marking work and inspection work that does not use processing equipment). There are two types: time and setup time). That is, while managing the formulas for calculating the standard machining time as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, as shown in FIG. 8, information as to what machining work these formulas are applied to. Manage. Here, “:” in FIGS. 5 to 7 indicates that another formula is used there, and “DN” in the formula is the number of attachments / times and “DC” is the cutting diameter (mm) or Tooth module, "LC" is the cutting length (m
m), "CC" is the margin (mm), "HC" is the cutting tool diameter (m
m), “FZ” is the material coefficient, “AC” is the cutting width (mm),
"SC" is the screw pitch (mm) or tooth helix angle (degrees), "ZC" is the number of gear teeth or blade width (mm),
“PC” is the number of marking holes, “W” is the number of marking surfaces or working points, “FCT” is the cutting coefficient, “KAISU1” and “KAISU2” are the number of cuttings, and “D3”, “D4” and “D5 are working”. It is a constant that depends on the law.

Fourthly, the input data file 20 manages the equipment functions of each processing equipment. That is, it manages various equipment functions of each processing equipment such as processing work information of each processing equipment or capability difference information between processing equipment of the same type. Due to this control, for example, a cylindrical grinding machine with a center distance of 400 mm cannot grind a machining material having a shaft of 500 mm, and an A surface grinder cannot grind the finishing surface of "▽▽▽▽". Therefore, various equipment function information such that the machining capacity of the B-NC lathe is 1.2 times that of the C ordinary lathe will be managed.

Fifth, the input data file 20 manages various material information input prior to the processing cost estimation processing request. That is, various material information such as material information of material and shape information of material is managed.

The input data file 20 executes these data managements using prescribed codes. That is, the machining work method is managed using the codes shown in FIGS. 9 to 13, the machining shape and the like are managed using the codes shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, and the material shape is shown in the code shown in FIG. And the material is managed using the code shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, as a processing method, a configuration including sheet metal work, can manufacturing work, etc. other than pure machining work is adopted, and these works are also subject to estimation. Is taken.

Next, the processing executed by the component processing and estimating apparatus 1 of the present invention will be described in detail according to the processing flow shown in FIG. When executing the processing for estimating the processing cost of the processing part to be processed and the processing for selecting the optimum processing equipment, the parts processing estimation device 1 performs the processing as shown in the processing flow of FIG.
First, in step 1, the user is instructed via the display screen to specify the component group to which the processing target machining component belongs, and in response to this instruction, the component group input from the input means 22. Is set as the part group to which the processed part to be processed belongs. Specifically, this interactive processing is executed by displaying the prepared component group on the display screen and allowing the user to select from among them.

Next, in step 2, the drawing information input screen prepared in association with the part group set in the process of step 1 is displayed, and in response to the display of the drawing information input screen, the input means 22 is displayed. The processing shape information of the processing target processing part input from is set. That is, when the parts group is set to the axes, the drawing information input screen as shown in FIG. 18 for instructing the designation of the machining shape information of the axes is displayed to display the machining shape information of the processing target machining part. The processing is performed so that the input is instructed and set. The user can extremely easily input the processing shape information of the processing target processing part via the drawing information input screen.

18, the drawing information input screen shown in FIG. 18 shows "reference parallel planes", "orthogonal machining planes", and "axis" as major items of machining shapes that require input. There are things such as "core drill hole", "axis tap hole", "other drill hole", "outer cylindrical surface", "outer rotation curved surface", "outer straight groove" and "outer circumference groove". As detailed items, for example, in “standard parallel surface”, “number of processing directions”, “number of points”, “surface roughness”, “maximum cutting diameter”,
Display that there are "minimum cutting diameter", "average cutting diameter", and "average cutting length", and enter values for the necessary detailed items for each of these major items. Is requested (the "average cutting diameter" etc. is automatically calculated by the device side). The values set in this Fig. 18 are
Specifically, the shaft type stud shown in FIG. 3A is assumed.

In step 2, the part processing estimation apparatus 1 further instructs the user to specify material information such as the material shape and material of the processed part to be processed via the display screen, and In response to the instruction, the process of setting the material information input from the input means 22 as the material information of the processed part to be processed is executed.

Then, in step 3, for the user,
Production information of processed parts to be processed via the display screen (information such as total production volume and monthly production volume in 6 months)
Is specified, and the production information input from the input means 22 in response to this instruction is set as the production information of the processed part to be processed.

In this way, when the setting process of the information necessary for executing the estimation of the processing cost of the processing target processing part and the selection of the optimum processing equipment is completed, the part processing estimation device 1 proceeds to step 4 Then, the processing target information is processed by obtaining the correspondence relationship between the processing shape information input through the drawing information input screen and the maximum processing step procedure information corresponding to the set component group managed in the input data file 20. Create a composite process procedure table that identifies the machining process procedure for the part.

If the composite process procedure table created at this time is explained according to the maximum machining process procedure information of the shafts shown in FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. The information indicates which processing step is required in the information. This composite process procedure table is not created by simply taking a correspondence relationship between the two, and for example, using the machining shape information input on the drawing information input screen, only the rough machining is required. It is automatically created by adding the judgment of the judgment mechanism such as whether it is a thing or a thing that requires surface finishing. It should be noted that FIG. 19 also shows a composite process procedure table for processed parts of shafts other than the stud.

After creating the composite process procedure table, the component processing estimation apparatus 1 subsequently removes unnecessary processes from the created composite process procedure table in step 5, and leaves them in step 6 following it. The process of associating the calculation formula for calculating the standard machining time is executed for each process. According to the processing of steps 5 and 6, the stud composite process procedure table shown in FIG. 19 is converted into that shown in FIG.

In this way, when the machining process procedure required for machining the machining part to be processed and the calculation formula for calculating the standard machining time of each machining process in the machining process procedure are specified, the component machining estimating device 1 In the following step 7, the standard processing time of each processing step is calculated using the specified calculation formula. At this time, the material information set in the process of step 2 is used. Then, in the following step 8, a plurality of processing equipments capable of executing the processing procedure specified by the processing in step 5 are selected by referring to the equipment function information managed by the input data file 20.

According to the processing of steps 7 and 8, as shown in FIG. 21, the standard processing time of the net and the setup required for the processing of the stud and the standard processing time of the setup are calculated in consideration of the material. In addition, for example, if the processing equipment of No. 1111 and No. 1113 is used, the processing steps of NO1 to NO9 can be executed at one time, whereas if the processing equipment of No. 1112 is not used, it cannot be executed.
If the processing equipment of No. 1114 is used, the processing steps of NO11 and NO12 can be executed at one time, whereas the processing equipment of No. 1115 cannot be executed. Multiple processing facilities will be selected.

The component machining estimating apparatus 1 executes the standard machining time calculating process and the machining facility selecting process, and subsequently in step 9, the capability difference coefficient (standard of the machining facility selected from the input data file 20) (standard). (Representing a capability difference for processing of processing time) is read out. That is, FIG.
For example, as shown in FIG. 22, number 1111
And the capacity difference coefficient of the processing equipments of No. 1113 and No. 1114 is read out.

Then, in step 10, the standard machining time calculated in the process of step 7 is corrected by using the read capacity difference coefficient to obtain the net machining time and setup time for each machining facility. And the calculated setup time is converted per piece according to the input production information, and the total value of the converted setup time and net machining time is calculated. so,
The individual processing time required for each processing process for each processing facility is calculated. Then, in the subsequent step 11, by referring to the equipment function information managed by the input data file 20, the indirect man-hours for using the processing equipment such as the creation of the NC program are evaluated (evaluated by dividing by the total production quantity. Then, the evaluation value represented by the total value of the indirect numerical value and the individual time calculated in step 10 is calculated.

According to the processing of step 10 and step 11, the processing equipment of number 1111 shown in FIG. 22 does not require indirect man-hours, and the processing of number 1113 shown in FIG.
In the case where the machining equipment of No. 2 requires indirect man-hours and 10 studs are machined, for example, the individual time and the evaluation value as shown in FIG. 23 are obtained. As a result, rather than using the processing equipment with the number 1111 showing the evaluation value of "7.2", the number showing the evaluation value of "6.7"
It can be judged that it is more advantageous to use the processing equipment of 1113.

Then, the component processing estimation device 1 finally
In step 12, according to the operating unit price information, the man-hour unit price information, and the processing material cost information of the processing equipment managed by the input data file 20, as shown in FIG. 24, the processing cost of the processing target processing parts for each selected processing equipment. And the material cost are estimated, and the estimated value is stored in the output data file 21, displayed on the display means 23 in order according to the request from the user, and further printed on the printing means 24. Go In FIG. 25, the display means 2
3 and an example of a specific output format to be output to the printing unit 24.

By this output process, the user can specify the optimum processing equipment for processing the processed part to be processed, and the processing cost at that time can be obtained accurately. Of. In addition, there are two types of processing cost estimation standards, one is based on weight and the other is based on area, in addition to those based on man-hours (some with and without processing equipment). ..

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
According to the computer configuration, it becomes possible to automatically estimate the machining cost of the machined part and automatically determine the machining equipment most suitable for machining the machined part based on the estimated machining cost. From now on, even a production manager who is not familiar with production processing technology will be able to objectively estimate the processing cost of a processed part with high accuracy in a short time, and at the same time, process the part from the processing equipment at hand. It becomes possible to select the optimum processing equipment to perform.

As described above, by using the present invention, it becomes possible to predict the amount of work, find the bottleneck department, and grasp the planned cost in the initial stage of production, and it is possible to be reliable in the overall production control and cost control. In addition to being able to provide basic data, it will be possible to realize automated processing by computerization in the entire machining field.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a processing flow executed by the component processing estimation apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of processed parts that belong to a parts group of shafts.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of maximum machining process procedure information for shafts.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a calculation formula for calculating a standard processing time.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a calculation formula for calculating a standard processing time.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a calculation formula for calculating a standard processing time.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a work example to which each calculation formula is applied.

FIG. 9 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 10 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 11 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 12 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 13 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 14 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 15 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 16 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 17 is an example of code information used in the component processing estimation device.

FIG. 18 is an example of a drawing information input screen.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a composite process procedure table.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram of processing of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of the processing of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of processing of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram of processing of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of processing of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is an example of an output format.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Parts processing estimation device 2 Man-machine interface device 3 Processing procedure management means 4 Calculation formula management means 5 Equipment function management means 6 Input / output control means 7 First specifying means 8 First calculating means 9 Second specifying means 10 Second calculation means 11 Evaluation means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A parts processing estimation device for estimating a processing cost of a processing target processing part, and determining a processing equipment most suitable for processing the processing target processing part according to the processing cost, wherein each parts group Machining procedure management means (3) for managing the maximum of the machining process procedures required for machining the parts of the machined part while taking the correspondence between the part shape of the machined part belonging to It is equipped with a formula management means (4) that manages the formula for calculating the required standard machining time, and a facility function management means (5) that manages the facility function of each machining facility, and the part to which the machining part to be processed belongs. When the group and the machining shape of the machining part to be processed are specified, by taking the correspondence relationship with the management data of the machining procedure management means (3),
Processing specified by the first specifying means (7) according to the first specification means (7) for specifying the processing procedure of the processing target processing part and the calculation formula managed by the calculation formula management means (4). A first calculating means (8) for calculating the standard processing time of the process procedure in consideration of the specified processing material, and the first specifying means (8) according to the equipment function managed by the equipment function management means (5). The second specifying means (9) for specifying a plurality of processing equipments capable of executing the processing step procedure specified by 7) and the standard processing time calculated by the first calculating means (8) are set as the above-mentioned equipments. Corrective interpolation is performed according to the facility function managed by the function management means (5) and the production information of the designated processing target machining part, so that the processing target machining by each processing facility specified by the second specifying means (9) is performed. A second calculation means (10) for calculating a machining time equivalent value of the part, Evaluation means for estimating the processing cost of the processing target processing part based on the calculation result of the second calculating means (10) and for specifying the optimum processing equipment for the processing target processing part according to the processing cost ( 11) An apparatus for estimating parts processing, comprising: