Study on Concurrent Design System for Die and Mold

Concurrent design method has enjoyed rapid development in die and mold industry. To develop a concurrent design system of die and mold, an organization and system structure of die and mold concurrent engineering is put forwarded. Feature, as a carrier of engineering information and knowledge, is used to integrate product design and die and mold design and manufacturing. A feature based computer aided die and mold quote and cost evaluation method and a concurrent design method by means of knowledge based reasoning, cost evaluation and CAE simulation are discussed.