Title :
Using a GPU to Accelerate Die and Mold Fabrication
Author :
Inui, Masatomo ; Ohta, Atsushi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Intelligent Syst. Eng., Ibaraki Univ.
Abstract :
The authors present a GPU-based method for generating and verifying cutter paths for numerically controlled milling. A CAM system based on this technology is now employed in production at Mazda Motor Corporation for manufacturing stamping dies. This system can compute cutter paths more than 20 times faster than previous methods
Keywords :
automobile industry; computer aided manufacturing; computer graphic equipment; dies (machine tools); engineering graphics; milling; moulding; moulding equipment; numerical control; CAM system; GPU; Mazda Motor Corporation; cutter paths; die fabrication; mold fabrication; numerically controlled milling; stamping dies manufacturing; Acceleration; Automobiles; Blades; CADCAM; Computer aided manufacturing; Fabrication; Geometry; Grid computing; Milling; Shape; Boolean operation; CAD/CAM; GPU; Minkowski sum; numerically controlled milling; solid modeling; Algorithms; Computer Graphics; Computer-Aided Design; Equipment Design; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Manufactured Materials; User-Computer Interface;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2007.23
