Application of an Integrated Database System for Processing Difficult Materials

Abstract

The formation of precise products out of difficult to machine materials requires the usage of unconventional techniques and manufacturing technologies; and, above all, it requires adequate knowledge. The worldwide-accepted guidelines in this area are the national and international standards, and corporate experience known as expertise. The aim of this paper is to present the solution to the problem of collecting and sharing data on a variety of materials, within the extended application DBSMP (Database Special Materials Processing). While undertaking the works on the application to support the descriptions of the machining of special materials, it soon became apparent that the fundamental urgency, next to the machining process, is to provide function to the most detailed descriptions of the materials. A draft of the application was prepared with a number of assumptions for the database of standard descriptions and material descriptions, which is presented in this article with an example of high-speed steel.