1. HAUL MORELOAD FASTERSKID LONGERFELL MORE
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Rapid Tooling Design & Development
Cat Forest Products,
Prentice, WI
FOREST PRODUCTS

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Caterpillar: 559D Rapid Tooling Design &
Development
2 FOREST PRODUCTS
1) Receive DCAR (Tool
Request) and part
drawing.
2) Review drawing for
• CTQ’s: Critical to
Quality.
• Identify Datum
• Review piece parts
manufacturability.
• Conduct Tolerance
Stack-up Study to
implement into
tooling design.
• Obtain 3D Solid
Model.

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Caterpillar: 559D Rapid Tooling Design &
Development
3 FOREST PRODUCTS
1) Design tool utilizing 3D
Solid Model.
2) Implement
CTQ’s/Datums and
holding devices into
design:
• Clamps, Hard Stops,
Winders, Pins,

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Caterpillar: 559D Rapid Tooling Design &
Development
4 FOREST PRODUCTS
1) Generate top level tool
drawing & BOM.
2) Generate tool piece part
drawings.
3) Generate piece part tool
paths & order parts.
• Purchased: Clamps,
winders, pins, ect.
• Laser parts: make
using tool paths.

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Caterpillar: 559D Rapid Tooling Design &
Development
5 FOREST PRODUCTS
1) Using drawings: make
tool.
2) Validate tool.
3) Conduct prototype run:
• FPAI: Inspection.
• Confirm parts are to
print/make any
adjustments as
required.