Study On The Design Of Numerical Control Dross Milling Machine Of Aluminum Foundry Ladle Based On Virtual Prototyping Technology

Numerical Control Dross Milling Machine of Aluminum Foundry Ladle is a neotype product; it has not been developed in our country at the present time. Most of electrolytic aluminum companies don't mill the dross in time; they normally mill them using the hand common cutters. The work is very hard and inefficient and sometimes the insulating brick can be damaged. This affects the quality of the aluminum product obviously, and the disadvantages will become more and more remarkable. For this problem, study on the design of Numerical Control Dross Milling Machine of Aluminum Foundry Ladle based on Virtual Prototyping and Numerical Control Technology is done in the paper.The Virtual Prototyping Technology is new method in development of product, it is a numerical design method based on computer simulation model. By using it, the designers, users and makers can do the optimization of design, aptitude test, manufacturing simulation and work simulation visualized in virtual environment before the product manufacturing. It has an important significance in innovations, improving the quality, reducing the design errors and accelerating the development process.Based on the Virtual Prototyping and Numerical Control Technologies, this paper does the design and study on the Numerical control dross milling machine of Aluminum Foundry Ladle. With the advanced software in the nowadays world- SolidWorks, ADAMS (Automatic Dynamic Analysis Mechanical System) and ANSYS(the finite element analysis software). First, the basic parameters are determined, the numerical control system is designed and the 3D models of the machine and its assemblage are built up with the software SolidWorks. During this process, the correctness of the models is validated by doing the kinematics analysis. Then the dynamics analysis is made for validating the rationality and the dynamic interferences. In the end, the FEA static and dynamics analysis of the key parts of the dross milling machine and their optimization are made with the FEA software ANYSY. It assures the quality of design. The method and theory used in this paper can also be used in other products and systems.