An eXtended Manufacturing Integrated System for feature-based manufacturing with STEP-NC

Abstract

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) feature-based programming with STandard for the Exchange of Product data model-compliant Numerical Control extends the collaborative model of manufacturing data exchange all along the numerical data chain. This study considers the mutations related to this approach from the manufacturing system level to the industrial enterprise as a whole. The eXtended Manufacturing Integrated System concept is introduced to fill in the gap of the current manufacturing data exchange bottleneck. It is composed of eXtended Computer Aided Design (CAD) and eXtended CNC systems to link the CAD model to the real machined part through the Manufacturing Information Pipeline. The contributions associated with these concepts are demonstrated through a validation platform implemented on industrial CNC manufacturing equipments.

STEP-NC Architectures for Industrial Robotic Machining: Review, Implementation and Validation

“…An implementation of STEP-NC on an industrial CNC controller was developed by Laguionie et al [31] and Rauch et al [23]. The platform enables indirect STEP-NC and can be implemented on many CNC controllers, using different commercial CAD/CAM systems.…”

A web-based CAD/CAPP/CAM system compliant with the STEP-NC standard to manufacture parts with general surfaces

“…STEP-NC has been suggested as a suitable tool to overcome the G-code limitations pointed out above, since it provides a model with high level information regarding the product, such as the use of features for modeling parts and manufacturing operations. Also, STEP-NC seeks to provide interoperability between different vendor-specific applications, with a significant reduction in the information loss [7]. Thus, for a market where it is quite common the high variability of parts being manufactured, the change in the features that compose the part is faster and easier than changing the G-code for machining the part, enabling companies to respond quickly to changes in the design of products, accelerating their manufacture.…”

Development of a knowledge base for the planning of prismatic parts inspection on CMM

“…The development of an intelligent system for inspection planning is the imperative and prerequisite for a new generation of metrological systems and their applications within the digital quality concept, based on the global interoperability model [1][2][3]. The interoperability model integrates CAD-CAM-CAI data on a digital platform [4,5] and presents a basis for virtual simulation and knowledge-based inspection planning, especially for prismatic parts. Digital manufacturing is a framework for the development of a new generation of technological systems, based on virtual simulation, digital modelling of a product and cloud computing application [2,5].…”