Trim Formulas for Die Casting

The cost model for this process relies on the formulas below.

Cycle Time = Process Time * Cycle Time Adjustment Factor

Cycle time is the product of the following:

• Process time (see formula below)

• Cycle time adjustment factor: specified by the cost model variable cycleTimeAdjustmentFactor; 1 in aPriori starting point VPEs.

Process Time = Machine Cycle Time + Load Time + Unload Time

Process time is a function of the following:

• Machine cycle time (specified by the machine property Cycle Time)

• Load time (looked up by part weight in the lookup table materialHandling)

• Unload time (looked up by part weight in the lookup table materialHandling)