part-planner

Part planning process example

This portion of a part plan defines a process comprised of five sequential operations.

Operation	Description	Characteristic Stored in Operation	Type of Requirement
Op10	A rough material cut operation.		Production
Op20	An NC roughing operation.	Finish to ± 0.10	Production
Op30	An inspection operation.	Check to ± 0.10	Inspection
Op40	A finishing operation.	Finish to ± 0.01	Production
Op50	The final inspection.	Check to ± 0.01	Inspection

Each operation can contain specific attributes or characteristics that you define.

Tolerance
Operator Certification
User Defined Data Fields

Sequence of Actions Taken in the Operations

The operations shown are assigned tolerance characteristics.
Final tolerance is specified at ± 0.01.
To achieve this, the roughing operation is assigned a tolerance of ± 0.10 inches. The same characteristics are then assigned to the related inspection operation.
Work begins: NC programmer opens Op20, sets up the roughing operation based on the requirements. The result of Op20 is saved in the operation, including the in-process model generated by the operation.
The in-process part is then inspected using the requirements set for Op30.
After the roughing inspection, the NC programmer finishes the part to meet the requirements set for Op40 and the in-process model for Op40 in saved. When the part is finished, final inspection uses the requirements set for Op50.

You can define more specifications by attaching a form to the operation specifying additional data fields that must be collected. Once you complete the process plan and define the associated workflow, you can generate the necessary reports and work instructions.