[step-manufacturing] Minutes of 13th conference call

[Martin Hardwick]

Minutes of Conference Call on September 3rd

Attendees
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Matthew Lloyd, CCAT
Brian Kindilein, CCAT
Martin Hardwick, STEP Tools, Inc.
Larry Maggiano, Mitutoyo
Xun Xu, Boeing guest
Mikael Hedlind, KTH
Mike O'Brien, Boeing
Bengt Olsson, Sandvik
David Odendahl, Boeing
Leon Xu, Boeing
Fred Proctor, NIST

Apologies for absence
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Sid Venkatesh, Boeing
Peter Klein, Concepts Nrec

The titanium blanks have arrived at CCAT. The cutting tools should be 
ready for shipping by the end of this week. The cutting tool data is 
in preparation. Sandvik will send the components to Boeing for 
assembly and Boeing will deliver the assembled data to STEP Tools as 
STEP files.

The v9_20080801 impeller data used the wrong tool for operation f01 
(T9 instead of T7) and rotated the tool paths in the wrong direction 
(CCW instead of CW). A corrected version has been placed on the ftp site.

ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/CCAT/impeller_v9_20080903.238
ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/CCAT/impeller_v9_20080903.fanuc

A new data set with roughing operations for two blades (r02, r03, 
r04, r07, r08) and finishing operations for one blade (f01, f02, h02, 
l01,l51, h01, f03, v01, v51) has been constructed. Boeing will test 
this data by machining foam and by using it as the input for its 
feed-speed optimization testing.

ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/CCAT/impeller_v10_2-rough_1-finish_20080903.238
ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/CCAT/impeller_v10_2-rough_1-finish_20080903.fanuc

Mitutoyo and DMG/CCAT would like to show the Impeller at IMTS next 
week. Permission to do so must be obtained from Sandvik.

The press release is being revised .

The next conference call will be on Wednesday September 17.

Action items
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Bengt Olsson to deliver one set of tools to Boeing and another to CCAT (done)
Sid Venkatesh and David Odendahl to test the AP-238 data by machining 
the part in foam.
Martin Hardwick to prepare AP-238 data that roughs two blades and 
finishes one (done)
Leon Xu to prepare cross-section optimization data for the rough-two, 
finish-one data
Larry Maggiano to discuss coordinate set-up data with Sid Venatesh 
and Mike O'Brien
Xun Xu to revise the press release (done).