Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 26: Current Status of the Low Cost Parts Definition Project. SYSTEMS.

Presentation discusses a Computer Aided Design (CAD) system in development incorporating off the shelf components.

There are numerous ways to define steel parts and each yard favors some subset of these. Interactive graphics is just one of these and not necessarily the obvious best choice right now. Those I know of are: Optical negatives, Digitizing, Part Coding, Part Splitting, Direct ESSI, APT Interactive Graphics. The philosophy differences come in on whether interactive coding should be the best approach toward speeding the process or perhaps using AUTOKON NORMS in a digitizing system or even letting the Design office put the parts in numerical form rather than the Mold Loft. We've also heard philosophy differences on whether the source code or the part geometry itself should be kept as the true record of the part. In other words Parts Definition is different things to different people.

Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 19: AUTOPART, AUTONEST, AUTODRAW Systems for Interactive Generation of Production Information. This paper describes AUTOPART, AUTONEST and AUTODRAW, a suite of new AUTOKON program for parts definition, nesting, verification and general drafting. They are implemented in interactive graphic technology using a mini computer and a Tektronix 4014 storage tube for communication. AUTOPART and AUTONEST may be used as a stand alone system providing N/C cutting information, partly replacing similar functions of the AUTOKON batch system.

Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No 3: Navy Manufacturing Technology Program.

Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 24: Group Technology and Automated Process Planning, a Change in Management Strategy. The trend toward increased customization is increasing the problems associated with batch manufacturing, both in design and manufacturing itself. Group technology helps to solve these problems and is thus attracting great interest. The benefits of group technology in such applications as design retrieval, design standardization, standardization of machine tool routings, automated process planning, and machine tool investment can bring about dramatic savings in the multibillion dollar manufacturing industry. Three or four years ago, only a handful of companies were interested in group technology. Today, many companies, including a number considered to be highly conservative, are seriously considering or have adopted group technology systems. This increased interest is a reflection of a growing awareness of the potential benefits of group technology, particularly for batch manufacturing. These advantages can apply to both design and manufacturing.