Amada Company, Limited

Koichi Tsuchida

Toshio Takagi

Yoshiyuki Matsui

Yukio Fukui

Kaoru Nakamura

Masanobu Ishii

Akihiko Sanguu

Ryuharu Emori

Atsushi Kondo

A system for editing sheet metal components using a computer, comprising a sheet metal object having graphic element data defining the graphic elements of a sheet metal and connection data defining face data comprising graphic elements and linkage of the faces, wherein the sheet metal object includes a sheet metal edition object corresponding to editing of a sheet metal, e.g., editing of butting or lapping of sheets, and the burden is lessened by automating reformation at the butting or lapping part of the sheet metals.

Method for linking work attribute information, its system and model structure of sheet metal component

An initial contractor () that receives a request from an ordering customer () to manufacture a product performs a process edition conference via an outsourcing service using a computer () of the initial contractor. The initial contractor () receives a request from an ordering customer () to manufacture a sheet metal product. For manufacturing the product, the initial contractor () performs a processing edition conference to decide the method for processing the product and to estimate the price required and the delivery schedule. In the performance of the processing edition conference, the initial contractor () requests the services of an outsourcing service center (). A CAD/CAM operator of the outsourcing service center () logs in to a computer () of the initial contractor from a computer () of the outsourcing service center, such that the operator participates in the processing edition conference while operating the computer () of the initial contractor, so that the processing method, price estimate and delivery schedule are decided by work performed on the computer () of the initial contractor.

Processing program edition conferencing method and system

A sheet metal equipment sales method includes the following steps of: prompting a user to access from an information terminal; receiving engineering drawing-related information relating to the user's product by a seller's computer, editing the engineering drawing-related information, searching a product the same as or similar to the user's product from a database, performing demonstrative working of the user's product by actual equipment to prepare demonstrative working information; and distributing one of the user's product fabrication information and the demonstrative working information.

Sheet metal equipment sales method and system therefor

An outsourcing service center () discloses information obtained through outsourcing services for a first sheet metal processing factory () to promote sales. A first ordering customer () requests a first sheet metal processing factory () to make an estimate for manufacturing a product. The first sheet metal processing factory () requests an outsourcing center () to perform the work of making the estimate. The outsourcing center () logs in to a computer () of the first sheet metal processing factory via a computer () of the outsourcing center, and, by remote control, works together with the first sheet metal processing factory to perform outsourcing services such as making an estimate and creating NC process data. The processes of these remotely performed services are stored in memory constituting know-how and are then disclosed on a Web page. In this way, examples of previous work successes are introduced and thereby used for promoting CAD/CAM software used in the work processes.

Outsourcing method and system for sheet metal processing industry

A method is provided for preparing an estimate for sheet metal working. Data of bending lines and data of an associated processing time for the bending lines is stored. Data of holes and data of an associated processing time for the holes is stored. A three-dimensional view and a development drawing which realizes the three-dimensional view are prepared based on an orthographic drawing. A bending line and a hole on a product are detected based on at least one of data of the three-dimensional view and data of the development drawing. A processing time of the specified bending line is calculated based on the associated data of the bending lines. A processing time of the specified hole on the product is calculated based on the associated data of the holes. The processing time of the bending line and the processing time of the hole are stored in a processing time memory. A total processing time necessary to process the product is calculated by adding up the processing times stored in the processing time memory. The total processing time is converted to a cost of processing the product in consideration of a cost per processing time.

Method of preparing estimate for sheet metal working

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method, which assist CAD data to be usable by supplier's own CAD and automatic programming tool no matter how a format of the CAD data from an orderer may be. Electronic drawing data Dx prepared in an ordereris received in an outsourcing service center, the received electronic drawing data Dx is subjected to data conversion into electronic drawing data Dc in a format designated by the supplier, and the electronic drawing data Dc having been subjected to the data conversion is transmitted to the supplieror a designated destination.

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Isehara, Japan

Koichi Tsuchida