A method and a corresponding system and computer program are provided. A model of an object to be manufactured via subtractive manufacturing is obtained. Geometric features to be machined as part of manufacturing the object are identified based on the model. The identified geometric features include a composite geometric feature including a plurality of geometric subfeatures. A database including strategies for machining different geometric features is accessed. The database includes a composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature and separate strategies for machining the respective geometric subfeatures. Strategies for machining the respective geometric features are selected from the strategies included in the database. Instructions for causing one or more machine tools to manufacture the object in accordance with the selected strategies are provided. Selecting strategies for machining the respective geometric features via subtractive manufacturing includes selecting the composite strategy for machining the composite geometric feature.

The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods for tuning parameters associated with powder bed fusion processes of additive manufacturing, such as laser sintering. Disclosed herein are methods for determining scanning strategies on the basis of information about the build material, additive manufacturing apparatus, and desired or intended features of the part.

A machining support device for supporting improvement of a machining result of a numerical controller includes: a machining resource information acquisition unit that acquires functions set in advance in the numerical controller as machining resource information; a machining content information acquisition unit that acquires a machining content to be executed by the numerical controller as machining content information; a machining result calculation unit that calculates an expected machining result expected to be obtained when the machining content included in the machining content information is performed on the basis of the machining resource information; a retrieving unit that retrieves software that improves the calculated expected machining result; and an informing unit that informs of the retrieved software.

A management apparatus includes a processor configured to: autonomously collect, even without an instruction from a user, attribute data concerning attributes of a product defined by a three-dimensional shape, in accordance with a collection rule for collecting the attribute data concerning the product, the attribute data being generated in individual process stages before the product is manufactured; associate the collected attribute data with three-dimensional shape data indicating the three-dimensional shape of the product, as attributes of the three-dimensional shape data, in accordance with a superimposition rule which defines association between the three-dimensional shape data and the attribute data concerning the product; and manage the three-dimensional shape data and the attributes of the product.

Systems, devices, and methods including selecting one or more sequences of machining types for a feature of one or more features, where the selection of the one or more sequences of machining types is based on the feature and a database of prior selections of machining types; selecting one or more tools for the selected one or more sequences of machining types, where the selection of the one or more tools is based on the feature, the selected one or more sequences of machining types, and a database of prior selections of one or more tools; and selecting one or more machining parameters for the selected one or more tools, where the selected machining parameters are based on the feature, the selected one or more sequences of machining types, the selected one or more tools, and a database of prior selections of one or more machining parameters.

A machining state display apparatus includes an achievement degree data storage (9) storing machining condition data relating to each of sets of machining conditions and achievement degree data relating to degrees of achievement of evaluation items to be obtained in machining under each of the sets of machining conditions, with the machining condition data and the achievement degree data being associated with each other, a display part (2) displaying a set of machining conditions and degrees of achievement of the evaluation items corresponding thereto on a display (5), and an input part (6) inputting a signal for selecting one from the evaluation items and a required degree of achievement for the selected evaluation item. The display part (2) recognizes, based on the selected evaluation item and the required degree of achievement, a set of machining conditions corresponding to the required degree of achievement for the selected evaluation item as well as the degrees of achievement of other evaluation items to be obtained under the set of machining conditions by referring to the achievement degree data storage (9), and displays the recognized degrees of achievement on evaluation-item basis and displays the recognized set of machining conditions.

A method and a corresponding system and computer program product are provided. A model of an object to be manufactured is obtained. Information about one or more available machine tools and one or more available cutting tools is obtained. A geometric feature to be machined as part of manufacturing the object is identified. A database including strategies for machining different geometric features is accessed. The database includes a plurality of strategies defining different ways of machining the identified geometric feature. One or more strategies are selected from the plurality of strategies based on the obtained information. A computer simulation is performed for the one or more selected strategies, and user instructions responsive to the computer simulation are received. Instructions for causing one or more machine tools to manufacture the object via subtractive manufacturing are provided based on the user instructions and a strategy of the one or more selected strategies.

A machining support device for supporting improvement of a machining result of a numerical controller includes: a machining resource information acquisition unit that acquires functions set in advance in the numerical controller as machining resource information; a machining content information acquisition unit that acquires a machining content to be executed by the numerical controller as machining content information; a machining result calculation unit that calculates an expected machining result expected to be obtained when the machining content included in the machining content information is performed on the basis of the machining resource information; a retrieving unit that retrieves software that improves the calculated expected machining result; and an informing unit that informs of the retrieved software.

A machining condition selecting device includes a machining condition contribution data management unit configured to manage machining condition contribution data in which each of a plurality of machining conditions is associated with a 3-dimensional surface roughness parameter and degrees of contribution to each item of a required condition related to productivity of a target product; a matter of priority acquisition unit configured to acquire a combination of the 3-dimensional surface roughness parameter and at least one item of the required condition as a matter of priority; and a machining condition selection data management unit configured to manage, for each of the plurality of machining conditions, machining condition selection data in which a combination pattern of the matters of priority is associated with a sum of the degrees of contribution to each item in the combination pattern.

Method for producing logs (B1, B2) of continuous thin products, or web products, in optimized manner by tracking defects in the surface and/or in the thickness detected on the products, comprising a step of continuously winding a thin product (T) into logs (B1, B2) on a winding machine, in order to produce at least one primary log, a step of identifying any defects in the surface and/or the thickness of said continuous thin product, a step of storing in a database system (31), outside the primary log, information related to said defects comprising at least the position of said defects with respect to a reference system associated with the primary log, a step of assigning a primary ID code to said primary log, a step of marking said primary log with said primary code, a step of associating, in said database system (31), information on said defects with the primary ID code of the primary log, so that, in said database, to a given primary ID code information are associated related to defects in the surface and/or the thickness of the respective primary log, that can be identified based on their position on the primary log, a step of using said information on the defects of the primary log, stored in the database system (31), in order to optimize at least one subsequent processing of the product wound into the respective primary log, said use providing for recognizing the primary code of the primary log being processed and the processing of the product based on the information on the surface defects associated to the primary log.