Digitalization and Intellectualization of Scraping Operation (2nd Report)

Development of a Scraping Operation Simulator

Abstract

Scraping operation is indispensable to make high accuracy machine tools and measuring instruments. Scraping however needs not only highly professional skills but also the ability to make a scraping strategy, such as where and how far to be scraped. In general, it takes long time to master these abilities, and skillful workers are decreasing year by year. Digitalization of the operation and its transplantation into a computer must be a way to conserve the skill. The digitalization has been described a previous paper. This paper deals with the transplantation of scraping into a computer as a scraping simulator which can scrape a surface in a virtual space made in a computer. In this simulator, a series of scraping operation, such as Marking up, Recognizing black bearing and Scraping, can be performed just like a scraping operator. The simulator can be used not only to verify a strategy of scraping but also to train a beginner of scraping operation.