Total Clamp Plates General Machining Hours Calculation

Total Clamp Plates General Machining Hours = (Clamp Plates General Machining Hours + Clamp Plate Drill Hours) * Clamp Plate Machinability Index

• Clamp Plates General Machining Hours: This is the general machining time of clamp plates (facing of all six surfaces of each of two plates). It is calculated as: (Clamp Plates Surface Area / Clamp Plates Feed) + (Clamp Plates Setup * 2):

  • Clamp Plates Surface Area: See Clamp Plates Surface Area Calculation.

  • Clamp Plates Feed: aPriori performs a lookup in the cmToolMachiningRates table and returns the Rate corresponding to Clamp Plate General Machining.

  • Clamp Plates Setup: aPriori performs a lookup in the cmToolMachiningSetups table and returns the value of (Number of Setups * Setup Time) corresponding to Clamp Plate General Machining.

• Clamp Plate Drill Hours: This is the general machining time of the clamp plates (drilling and counterboring). See Clamp Plate Drill Hours Calculation.

• Clamp Plate Machinability Index: This is the Machinability Index of the material specified by the Select Mold Material – Clamp Plates setup option. This property is visible in the Digital Factory tool shop under Plastic Molding > Processes > Compression Molding > Tool Shops > Default.