document: Development of a computer-aided manufacturing system for profiled edge lamination tooling Profiled edge lamination -LRB- PEL -RRB- tooling is a promising rapid tooling -LRB- RT -RRB- method involving the assembly of an array of laminations whose top edges are simultaneously profiled and beveled based on a CAD model of the intended tool surface . To facilitate adoption of this RT method by industry , a comprehensive PEL tooling development system is proposed . The two main parts of this system are : -LRB- 1 -RRB- iterative tool design based on thermal and structural models ; and -LRB- 2 -RRB- fabrication of the tool using a computer-aided manufacturing -LRB- CAM -RRB- software and abrasive water jet cutting . CAM software has been developed to take lamination slice data -LRB- profiles -RRB- from any proprietary RP software in the form of polylines and create smooth , kinematically desirable cutting trajectories for each tool lamination . Two cutting trajectory algorithms , called identical equidistant profile segmentation and adaptively vector profiles projection -LRB- AVPP -RRB- , were created for this purpose . By comparing the performance of both algorithms with a benchmark part shape , the AVPP algorithm provided better cutting trajectories for complicated tool geometries . A 15-layer aluminum PEL tool was successfully fabricated using a 5-axis CNC AWJ cutter and NC code generated by the CAM software
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extractive_keyphrases: profiled edge lamination tooling rapid tooling abrasive water jet cutting cam software cutting trajectory algorithms identical equidistant profile segmentation adaptively vector profiles projection
abstractive_keyphrases: computer aided manufacturing