1. IT for Product Design
Gear cutting tool design & manufacture:
Knowledge
Transfer
Partnerships
KTPAssociate: Anna Malahova (a.malahova@cranfield.ac.uk) Academic Supervisor: Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari (a.tiwari@cranfield.ac.uk)Industrial Supervisor: Richard Moorhouse (richard@dathan.co.uk)
Web-based CAD/CAM for gear shaper cutters
New Web-based CAD/CAM system:
Benefits
to the company:
Requires a lot of specialist knowledge and skills
No specialised CAD software available in the market
Demanding flexibility in producing customised cutters
Employs novel analytical model of gearing
Platform independent solution
Flexibility in design
Better accuracy
Improved data transfer,
storage & retrieval
Wastage reduction
Lead time reduction
Increase sales
Easy integration with the rest infrastructure
Photograph: Eugene Butan
Uses open standards and software
Easy to extend and maintain
Scalable and reliable
Dathan Tool & Gauge Co. Ltd. are the only UK based
manufacturer of gear shaper cutters and one of less then 10
reputable manufactures in the world. Dathan uses CAD/CAM for
rapid assessment of individual cutting requirements and optimisation
of design variables in order to maximise cutter performance.
Cranfield University is leading centre in product design, CAD/
CAM, engineering design optimisation, software engineering and system
implementation.The experts from Manufacturing Department are world
leading researches in these areas.
Client-side
controller
Server-side
controller
Server-side
controller
D
raw
ings
N
um
erical
outputs
Design-time results
Body
Cutter
Gear
Inputs
Final results
PDF
CNC
code
Standard
database
Design
database
Client
request
Interactivity
controller
Interface
templates
Client
Server