Automated CNC Mold Polishing and In-Process Quality Control Integrated Technologies

模具制造是一个耗时且高成本的行业，最近在铣削自动化方面取得了一些进展，成功地解决了这些问题，为公司提供了生产更大数量和更高精度模具的能力。尽管有这些进步，但模具抛光，最终模具制造过程和确保模具精度的关键步骤，还没有看到这样的技术干预。模具抛光目前约占整个制造成本的12-15%和制造时间的20-30%，因为该过程以及质量控制检查都是手动进行的。我们建议的项目旨在开发一个完全自动化的模具抛光和过程中的质量控制系统，并将其实施到温莎模具集团的业务。通过这样做，温莎模具集团，在模具，工具，模具和加工行业的全球竞争对手，将有能力为客户提供更快的周转时间，更低的成本，更高的精度模具，同时满足越来越高的客户需求，从航空航天和汽车行业。在专利保护之后，预计该行业的大部分公司将采用这项技术，特别是在温莎-埃塞克斯，那里有大量加拿大模具制造公司。这种吸收将最终导致加拿大被公认为模具生产的创新领导者，在国内和国际市场上具有竞争优势。圣克莱尔学院作为拟议项目的合作伙伴，也将受益于这项技术的发展，因为它将能够为学生提供全球高需求系统的专业培训和教育，以及当地的就业机会。

Mold making is a time-consuming and high-cost industry, with several recent advancements in milling automation that have successfully addressed these concerns, providing companies with the ability to produce greater quantities and higher precision molds. Despite these advancements, mold polishing, the final mold making process and critical step to ensuring mold precision, has not seen such technological intervention. Mold polishing currently represents approximately 12-15% of the entire manufacturing costs and 20-30% of the manufacturing time, as this process, as well as quality control inspection, is conducted manually. Our proposed project aims to develop a fully automated mold polishing and in-process quality control system and to implement it into Windsor Mold Group's operations. By doing so, Windsor Mold Group, a global competitor in the mold, tool, die, and machining industry, will have the ability to offer their clients quicker turn-around times, lower costs, and higher precision molds, while meeting increasingly high client demands from aerospace and automotive sectors. After patent protection, it is expected that there will be an uptake of this technology by much of the industry, especially in Windsor-Essex where there is a large cluster of Canada's mold making companies. This uptake will ultimately result Canada being recognized as an innovative leader in mold production, with a competitive advantage in national and international markets. St. Clair College, as a partner in the proposed project, will also benefit from this technology development, as it will be able to offer its students specialized training and education on a globally high-demand system, as well as local job opportunities.