CAD/CAPP SYSTEM FOR STEEL WIRE ROPE

This paper analyses the properties of steel wire rope and the requirements in production, presents an approach to integrating steel wire rope structure and process design. Some considerable factors both in structure and process planning are illustrated. The main steps of designing structure, some methods of theoretic calculation are also described. Based on it, a concurrent framework of integrated steel wire rope structure and process is proposed and the reasoning machine is established. This means will enhance the ability of intelligent design for steel wire rope.