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Minutes of Conference Call on Thursday May 24 at 1PM France, 8PM Japan
and 7AM Eastern USA<br>
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Attendees<br>
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Alain Brail, Airbus<br>
Fred Proctor, NIST<br>
Bengt Olsson, Sandvik<br>
Philippe Darnis, University of Bordeaux<br>
Len Slovensky, SCRA<br>
Chiaki Sakamoto, MER<br>
Martin Hardwick, STEP Tools<br><br>
1. Venue and Logistics<br>
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Fanuc will give a STEP-NC demonstration at the seminar. The seminar will
start at 10:30 AM and finish at 3PM. The schedule outline is as
follows:<br><br>
a. Keynote speech by Prof. Kisinami - 40 minutes<br>
b. MER Presentation (20 minutes) and Video (10 minutes)<br>
c. SCRA Presentation (20 minutes) and Video (10 minutes)<br><br>
Lunch<br><br>
d. NIST Presentation (20 minutes) and Video (10 minutes)<br>
e. Sandvik Presentation (20 minutes) and Video (10 minutes)<br>
f. University of Bordeaux Presentation (20 minutes) and Video (10
minutes)<br>
g. Fanuc Presentation and Live demonstration (30 minutes)<br><br>
All videos shall be in AVI format. Draft presentations shall be prepared
for the next conference call.<br><br>
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2. Mold and Die Process Planning Demonstration<br>
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AP-224 and AP-240 files have been placed onto the ftp site by MER and
SCRA. They will not read each others files for this demonstration. A
slide showing the information flows will be prepared for the next telcon
by Len Slovensky and Chiaki Sakamoto.<br><br>
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3. Fish Head Machining and Measurement Demonstration<br>
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Airbus will prepare a new version of the machining data for the finishing
operation that uses two 12mm diameter tools one with a corner radius of
4mm and the other with a corner radius of 0mm by June 1st.
<font size=2>Airbus will document the new coordinates of the tool path
origin on the part so they can be programmed into the STEP-NC AP-238
data<br><br>
</font>NIST has machined the roughing operation using the AP-224/AP-238
data prepared by SCRA and STEP Tools for the Toulouse demonstration in
2006. NIST will send two copies of the roughed part to Sandvik, and two
copies of the roughed part to the University of Bordeaux.<br><br>
The University of Bordeaux will be the third machining and measurement
site for this demonstration. They have a machine tool with a Heidenhain
<font size=2>i530 control. The machine is configured for BC axis
movements. The i530 machine at Sandvik is configured for AC axis
movements.<br><br>
All three sites will measure the part. NIST uses a Renishaw probe
controlled by Siemens cycles. The University of Bordeaux uses a probe to
be determined controlled using Heidenhain Cycles 420. The Sandvik probe
and control cycles are to be determined. STEP Tools will generate the
necessary probing cycles for all three machines.<br><br>
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</font>Action Items<br>
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All prepare drafts for presentations<br>
SCRA and MER prepare diagram showing information flow in Process Planning
demonstration.<br>
NIST send 2 copies of roughed part to Bordeaux and two copies to
Sandvik<br>
Airbus to prepare new version of finishing operation in CATIA that uses
12mm diameter tools with the program origin documented so that it can be
included in the AP-238 file<br>
University of Bordeaux and Sandivk to send documentation for their
probing operations to STEP Tools.<br>
STEP Tools to prepare Heidenhain <font size=2>iTNC530 </font>converter
for BC axis machines<br>
STEP Tools to prepare probing cycles for the three machines.<br><br>
The next conference call will be hosted by Airbus on Friday June 8th at
8PM Japan, 1PM France, 7AM Eastern USA<br>
Minutes prepared by Martin Hardwick <br><br>
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