OPTIMAL TOOL PATH STRATEGIES FOR DECREASING THE MANUFACTURING TIME OF ONE THERMOFORMING MOLD

Ancuta PACURAR, Razvan PACURAR, Beáta ERŐSS, Cristina MIRON-BORZAN

Abstract


In this paper it is analyzed one thermoforming mold product that was machined at the S.C. ULMA PACKAGING S.A. company, and was used for plastic containers in which the food or non-food products are packed. Manufacturing of thermoforming products are made using thermoforming machine called TFS 200. Two different manufacturing methods will be presented using the same tools, the same technological parameters but using different tool path strategies in order to analyze the machining time in both cases. In this paper are determined the optimal technological parameters and the optimal tool path strategy usage on manufacturing time of one thermoforming mold. The obtained results will demonstrate the beneficial effect of the optimal tool path selection on manufacturing time.

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