[step-manufacturing] Minutes of seventh conference call

[Martin Hardwick]

Attendees
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Martin Hardwick, STEP Tools
David Loffredo, STEP Tools
Magnus Lundgren, KTH
David Odendahl, Boeing
Bengt Olsson, Sandvik
Larry Maggiano, Mitutoyo
Aydin Nassehi, University of Bath
Leon Xu, Boeing

Apologies for Absence
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Brian Kindilein, CCAT
Chris Pfeifer CCAT
Mikael Hedlind, KTH
Kevin Lyons, NIST
Ian Stroud, EPFL
Sid Venkatesh, Boeing
Fred Proctor, NIST
Robert Erickson, Pratt and Whitney
Alain Brail, AlBavis

3 and 4 axis versions of the Boxy part are in preparation. The part 
is to be machined in aluminium using tools supplied by Sandvik. Each 
site may choose an appropriate grade for the aluminium and should 
adjust the feeds and speeds using the feed-speed editor in the 
STEP-NC Explorer.

Boeing plans to machine both the 3 and 4 axis versions of the part. 
KTH and Scania also plan to machine the 3 and 4 axis versions. CCAT 
plans to machine the 4-axis version and U.Bath plans to machine the 
3-axis version.

KTH used Mastercam to make the toolpaths for the part. Boeing is 
using Catia to make in process models that include annotated 
tolerance information. KTH will assemble the STEP-NC data and add 
semantic datum's using the STEP-NC Explorer.

The plan is to post the final data for Boxy by Tuesday so that it can 
be reviewed during the next telcon.

We discussed the other information needed to compute power 
consumption estimates and perform feed-speed optimizations. The 
process requires each spindle and tool combination to be "tapped" and 
there is no standard data format for the information computed by the 
operation. We may need to add a place holder for this information to 
the machine tool model.

The next conference call will be at the regular times on Wednesday 
September 9th.

Martin Hardwick forgot to make a recording of the conference call.

Action items
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1.   Boeing to make in-process models for Boxy that include annotations.
2.   KTH to assemble final data for Boxy.
3.   Participants to assemble required tooling.