5Conclusionsandfuturework
Thispaperpresentsanintelligentandinteractiveinjec-tionmoulddesignsystem.Basedontheanalysisoftheinjectionmoulddesignprocess,therepresentationofthemoulddesignandtheintegrationofanintelligentandinteractiveenvironmenthavetobesolvedtoprovideabetterinjectionmoulddesignsystem.AnIKB-MOULDisdevelopedaccordingly.TheIKB-MOULDintegratestheknowledgerepresentationwithmanydevelopedtoolsinacommercialsolidmodellingsoftwareenvironment.Suchsoftwarecanspeeduptheinjectionmoulddesignprocessandfacilitateadesignstandardisation.
ThecurrentversionoftheIKB-MOULDsupportsdesign-for-assemblyfortheinjectionmoulddesign.Thisversiononlyprovidesthe3D-injectionmoulddesignandhassomeautomationtogenerate2Ddrawings.TointegratetheCAD/CAM,futureworkwillbefocusedondesign-for-manufacture.Inotherwords,theNCcodeofthe nalinjectionmoulddesignshouldbeautomaticallygenerated.
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