STEP Tools wins $2M ATP award

[Martin Hardwick]

Everybody,

I am very pleased to announce that STEP Tools is one of the winners of
this years Advanced Technology Program competition.

Our project on "Model Driven Intelligent Control of Manufacturing"
will let us develop technology that integrates, design, manufacturing
and process planning information into one database. 

Currently manufacturing design is largely done with sophisticated
computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems, yet control
of the machine tools producing the parts (or molds used to produce a part)
is comparatively primitive, using numeric codes (G and M codes) that specify
the path of the cutting tool. To better integrate the manufacturing process
and allow more flexible use of the machine tools, STEP Tools will create
the software environment for an intelligent manufacturing system that shares
data between product design, process planning and machine tool controllers.

For more information please see a press release that will be added to our
home page in the very near future and the following press release at the ATP
web site.

http://www.atp.nist.gov/www/comps/index99.htm

Martin Hardwick
President, STEP Tools

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