Determining a feasible bending sequence, ie, ensuring absence of wire self-collisions and
wire-machine collisions, or even an optimal bending sequence, ie, minimising time or …

Sheet metal bending manufacturing companies require changeable and adaptable process
planning systems to shorten the production cycle time and reduce operations costs. This is …

Both feature recognition and reasoning are needed for automating manufacturing planning
activities for 3D sheet metal components. The feature reasoning system proposed here …

Process planning for sheet metal bending involves the determination of a near-optimal bend
sequence for a given part. The problem is complex since the search space of possible …

Collision detection is a computationally intensive task within process planning for sheet
metal bending. An efficient collision detection algorithm can greatly improve the speed of the …

Bending is one of the vital operations to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) shape in a sheet
metal component. While planning for its manufacture, it is important to select proper tools …

Sheet metal bending processes are applied in a multitude of mechanical parts. The process
involves optimising the sequence of designated bends taking into account the total …

The focus of this publication is a review of the state of the art in tolerance analysis, synthesis,
and transfer for geometric and dimensional tolerances in sheet metal forming and the …

为了解决复杂钣金件工序规划难, 效率低的问题, 提出一种基于反向状态传递的高效工序规划
算法. 算法提出折弯可行性状态概念以及状态在先后折弯工序中的传递机制 …

This paper discusses the planning module of system that has been developed in a research
project investigating the possibilities for automatic planning of press brakes. Only limited …