Design Cost

Design Cost includes the costs for mold, surfaces, and EDM electrodes design:

Design Cost = (Design Cost-Mold + Design Cost-Surfaces + Design Cost-EDM Electrodes)

• Design Cost-Mold

• Design Cost-Surfaces

• Design Cost-EDM Electrodes

Design Cost-Mold

Design Cost-Mold is the sum of Mold Base Design Cost, Vacuum Lines Design Cost, Core Pulls Design Cost, and Plug Design Cost.

Mold Base Design Cost

Mold Base Design Cost is the product of Mold Base Design Time and Design Rate.

• To calculate Mold Base Design Time, aPriori performs a lookup in the thermoformingMoldBaseDesignTime table and selects the Mold Base Design Time (hr) corresponding to the Mold Base Width value that is greater than or equal to Mold Base Size - Width.

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.

Vacuum Lines Design Cost

Vacuum Lines Design Cost is the product of Vacuum Lines Design Time and Design Rate.

• To calculate Vacuum Lines Design Time, aPriori performs a lookup in the thermoformingMoldBaseDesignTime table and selects the Vacuum Lines Design Time (hr) corresponding to the Mold Base Width value that is greater than or equal to Mold Base Size - Width.

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.

Core Pulls Design Cost

Core Pulls Design Cost is the product of Core Pulls Design Time and Design Rate.

• To calculate Core Pulls Design Time, aPriori performs a lookup in the thermoformingMoldBaseDesignTime table and selects the Core Pull Design Time (hr) corresponding to the Mold Base Width value that is greater than or equal to Mold Base Size - Width.

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.

Plug Design Cost

Plug Design Cost is the product of Plug Design Time and Design Rate.

• To calculate Plug Design Time, aPriori performs a lookup in the thermoformingMoldBaseDesignTime table and selects the Plug Design Time (hr) corresponding to the Mold Base Width value that is greater than or equal to Mold Base Size - Width.

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.

Design Cost-Surfaces

Design Cost-Surfaces (the cost of parting line surface design) is the sum of Mold Base Surfaces Design Cost, Plug Surfaces Design Cost (if required), and Core Pull Surfaces Design Cost.

Mold Base Surfaces Design Cost

Mold Base Surfaces Design Cost is the product of Mold Base Surfaces Design Time and Design Rate.

• Mold Base Surfaces Design Time is given by the formula: Design Mold Surfaces Time Base + (Parting Line Projected Perimeter * Time Per Parting Perimeter).

  • Design Mold Surfaces Time Base is specified by the cost model variable designMoldSurfacesTimeBase (5 hours in starting point Digital Factories).

  • Parting Line Projected Perimeter is extracted from geometry.

  • When the Parting Line GCD property Type = FLAT, Time Per Parting Perimeter is specified by the cost model variable partingLineComplexityMultiplierFlat (0.013 in starting point Digital Factories). When the Parting Line GCD property Type = NON_FLAT, Time Per Parting Perimeter is specified by the cost model variable partingLineComplexityMultiplierNonFlat (0.026 in starting point Digital Factories).

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.

Plug Surfaces Design Cost

Plug Surfaces Design Cost is the product of Plug Surfaces Design Time and Design Rate.

• Plug Surfaces Design Time is specified by the cost model variable designPlugSurfacesTimeBase (1 hour in starting point Digital Factories).

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.

Core Pull Surfaces Design Cost

Core Pull Surfaces Design Cost is the product of Core Pull Surfaces Design Time and Design Rate.

• Core Pull Surfaces Design Time is given by the formula: Design Core Pull Surfaces Time Base * (Total Number of Core Pulls / Number of Parts per Sheet).

  • Design Core Pull Surfaces Time Base is specified by the cost model variable designCorePullSurfacesTimeBase (3 hours in starting point Digital Factories).

  • Total Number of Core Pulls is the product of (Number of Small Core Pulls + Number of Medium Core Pulls + Number of Large Core Pulls) and Number of Parts per Sheet.

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.

Design Cost-EDM Electrodes

Design Cost-EDM Electrodes is the sum of Design EDM Electrode Pockets Cost and Design EDM Electrode Actions Cost.

Design EDM Electrode Pockets Cost

Design EDM Electrode Pockets Cost is the product of Design EDM Electrode Pockets Time and Design Rate.

• Design EDM Electrode Pockets Time is given by the formula: Design EDM Electrode Pockets Time Base * (Total Number of Core Pulls / Number of Parts per Sheet).

  • Design EDM Electrode Pockets Time Base is specified by the cost model variable designEdmElectrodePocketsTimeBase (0.5 in starting point Digital Factories).

  • Total Number of Core Pulls is the product of (Number of Small Core Pulls + Number of Medium Core Pulls + Number of Large Core Pulls) and Number of Parts per Sheet.

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.

Design EDM Electrode Actions Cost

Design EDM Electrode Actions Cost is the product of Design EDM Electrode Actions Time and Design Rate.

• Design EDM Electrode Actions Time is given by the formula: Design EDM Electrode Actions Time Base * (Total Number of Core Pulls / Number of Parts per Sheet).

  • Design EDM Electrode Actions Time Base is specified by the cost model variable designEdmElectrodeActionsTimeBase (0.5 in starting point Digital Factories).

  • Total Number of Core Pulls is the product of (Number of Small Core Pulls + Number of Medium Core Pulls + Number of Large Core Pulls) and Number of Parts per Sheet.

• Design Rate is specified in the Digital Factory tool shop.