[step-manufacturing] Minutes of October 23 conference call

[Martin Hardwick]

Attendees
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Martin Hardwick, STEP Tools, USA
David Loffredo, STEP Tools, USA
Magnus Lundgren, KTH, Sweden
Yujiang Li, KTH, Sweden
Mikael Hedlind, Scania, Sweden
Bengt Olsson, Sandvik, Sweden
Julie Huang, Sandvik, Sweden
Mike Tedeborg, Sandvik, Sweden
Mike Restal, Sandvik, USA
Kevin Warren, Sandvik, USA
Vincent Marchini, Ameritech, USA
Sid Venkatesh, Boeing, USA
David Odendahl, Boeing, USA
Robert Erickson, Pratt and Whitney, USA
Thomas Raun, ISCAR, USA
Yin Lampard Zhang, University of Auckland, New Zealand

The following updates have been made to v2 of the Moldy part

ftp://www.steptools.com/private/CAM_exchange/Cycle_2/v1_HardMoldyP21.zip
ftp://www.steptools.com/private/CAM_exchange/Cycle_2/v2_HARDMOLDY.zip

Added material description
Added delta and as-is shape descriptions for each operation
Added function to merge workingsteps that use the same tooling
Added number of flutes on the cutting tools
Added bolt holes to the stock
Operations have been given descriptive names

Martin Hardwick gave a tour of the STEP-NC Explorer software to show how 
to download STEP files into a CAM system and how to upload optimized 
processes into the STEP-NC file.

ftp://www.steptools.com/private/CAM_exchange/Cycle_2/Round1_operations_in_explorer.ppt

We discussed the optimization procedure and determined that curves 
describing the horsepower and torque profiles of the spindle and 
possibly (but not urgently) the other servo motors should be added to 
the data.

A recording of the call is available on the ftp site. The next call will 
be at the regular times on Wednesday November 6th. Europe and the USA 
will both be on Winter time clocks.

ftp://www.steptools.com/private/CAM_exchange/Cycle_2/stepmanuf_telecon_20131023.wmv

Action Items
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1. David Odendahl to determine availability of torque and horsepower 
data for the Okuma machine in the Boeing lab.
2. Cutting tool vendors to determine schedule for availability of the 
optimized STEP-NC files