APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH EXPERT SHEET METAL PLANNING AND BENDING SYSTEM

摘要

An integrated sheet metal manufacturing and production system and method for producing a sheet metal part, with an intelligent manufacturing system for developing a bend model of a sheet metal part to be produced, an expert planning system for developing and proposing a bending plan for producing said sheet metal part based on said bend model, and a constraint system including a constraint manager for developing a constraint phrase in accordance with a constraint, wherein said constraint phrase is utilized by said expert planning system when developing said bending plan. IMAGE