Version 1.0, August 31, 2001, Copyright, Hugh Jack 1993-2001
· Process planning is the selection of operation and parameters required to manufacture a part.
· A process plan is a list of operations required to manufacture a part.
· This technique is quite inexact, and never perfect.
· Some strategies that can be used to do process planning are,
· In general a process plan is put together in pieces, but at all times we will be trying to convert features on the design to operations on the process plan.
· Many of the parameters that effect the process planning decisions are related to a part, and to a process being considered.
