Integrated Information System Of The Tool Edge Passivation And Tool Management

The tool plays an important role in the machining process, so the improvement of the cutting tool capacity is meaningful to the machining.The importance of the cutting tool edge preparation is not regarded enough now. Comparaed to the development of the tool material, the tool configuration and the tool coating, the development of the cutting tool edge preparation is lagged. The tool life, the cutting capacity and the cutting stability could be improved by the proper edge preparation.The basic research work has been done by the author. The contents include:(1)The regulation of the cutting tool edge is preparated. The narrow sense and the broad sense of the concept are both brought forward.(2)The influence of the edge preparation to the machining process is studied, including the cutting force, cutting temperature and the tool coating.(3)The caculating equation of the edge radius is brought forward, too. The equation could be used to calculate the smallest edge radius as the reference for the confirmation of the edge radius.(4)The principals of the confirmation of the edge radius are studied.(5)The equipment design work has been done by the author, including the design of the inserts and the integrated tool edge preparation equipments.The integrated tool management system has been studied in the paper. The integration of the tool management system with PDM system, ERP system and the workflow system is studied. The integrated tool management based on the open source software (OSS) has been developed. The workflow system, PDM system are both integrated in the tool management system. The open source software (OSS) is APACHE+PHP+MYSQL. The original workflow engine is developed, too.The function modules of integrated tool management system include: the order workflow; the tool design workflow; the tool category sheet management; the tool data management; the user role and authority management; the system management.