Development Of Design System For Aluminum Extrusion Dies

The extrusion profiled Aluminum product is widely applied in every walk of life, because of a series of advantages such as good workability and beautiful model etc. Along with more and more requirements of the extrusion profiled Aluminum in society, there are increasingly attentions to how to improve the design quality and efficiency of the profiled Aluminum extrusion die and reduce the machining cost of the extrusion die in virtue of the computer aided technology.The role of this article is to empolder the design system for aluminum extrusion dies. In this article, it analyses the structure, the principle and design parameters of aluminum extrusion dies and establishs the data flow diagram of aluminum extrusion dies and the entire frame of the design system. In this article, it takes UG NX5 as the flat roof of CAD/CAE and Visual Studio 2005 as the programme environment, uses the secondary development of UG and finally establishs each function module of the design system for aluminum extrusion dies. In order to enhance the design efficiency, according to the characteristic of aluminum extrusion dies design, it solidifies the correlation knowledge and the design rule required in the system, customize proper dialog boxes between computer and designer which makes the system workability and hands out the direct agility of the designer and the shortout veracity of the computer, build the model automatized to reduce repeated manipulate, use custom-built CAE analysed flow to realize the structure analysis of aluminum extrusion dies conveniently and immediately and finally establishes the CAD/CAE integration design of aluminum extrusion dies.The system contains CAD and CAE and integrates with UG NX5 perfectly. The designer can finish the project easily under the guide of the interface between computer and designer. The system predigests the operation process and reduces the expert requirement of the designer. It is not only a profitable experience to design aluminum extrusion dies under the computer integration technology but also an active spread for the development of the design system for aluminum extrusion dies.