NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF RECTANGULAR GROOVE CUTTING WITH DIFFERENT RC TOOLS

Digital Factory (DF) aims at proposing simulation tools to design a product and its production system in parallel. Nevertheless, DF is marked by the multiplicity and heterogeneity of simulation models that are used, that slows down its usage in industry. We propose in this paper a conceptual model to manage the different simulation information created and manipulated through a DF project. This model is based on an analysis of the current design strategies and the used simulation tools. Finally, an industrial application has been developed to validate the completeness of this model. 41 refs. (Received in August 2012, accepted in November 2012. This paper was with the authors 1 month for 2 revisions.)