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<u>Attendees</u><br>
Martin Hardwick, STEP Tools, USA
<br>
David Loffredo, STEP Tools, USA
<br>
Bengt Olsson, Sandvik, Sweden
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Fred Proctor, NIST, USA
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Alain Brail, AlBavis, France
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Leon Xu, Boeing, USA
<br>
Chris Pfeifer CCAT, USA<br>
David Odendahl, Boeing, USA
<br>
Larry Maggiano, Mitutoyo, USA<br>
<br>
<u>Apologies for Absence</u><br>
Anna Valente, ITIA-CNR, Italy<br>
Sid Venkatesh, Boeing, USA<br>
Aydin Nassehi, U.Bath, UK<br>
Stephen Newman, U.Bath, UK<br>
Mikael Hedlind, KTH, Sweden<br>
Magnus Lundgren, KTH, Sweden<br>
Robert Erikson, Pratt & Whitney, USA<br>
<br>
We agreed to use the 3-axis version of Boxy with 12 setups for the tool
wear demonstration.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/NIST/Boxy_Part_3-Axis_Machining_12_Setups.238">ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/NIST/Boxy_Part_3-Axis_Machining_12_Setups.238</a><br>
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There were questions about the dimensions of the stock and how many of
the setups should be included in the demonstration. We agreed that
these issues should be resolved after the material and tools have been
selected so that we can estimate how much material must be removed to
get measurable tool wear. The team is reluctant to use titanium because
of safety issues. An alloy of stainless steel was suggested and Bengt
Olsson of Sandvik was tasked with selecting a material by January 27. <br>
<br>
NIST has a Mitutoyo UMAP probe that should be suitable for measuring
actual tool wear at the demonstration. In order to verify the
measurement process Mitutoyo needs STEP models of the tools to be sent
to its Chicago office.<br>
<br>
NIST has a dynamometer that can be used to measure the cutting forces.
A discussion of how to use this device was sent in a separate message.<br>
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The next call will be at the regular times on Wednesday February 3rd. A
video of this call and the last call are now on the ftp site.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/NIST/stepmanuf_telecon_20100106.wmv">ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/NIST/stepmanuf_telecon_20100106.wmv</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/NIST/stepmanuf_telecon_20100120.wmv">ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/NIST/stepmanuf_telecon_20100120.wmv</a><br>
<br>
Martin Hardwick<br>
Team Leader STEP-Manufacturing<br>
<br>
Action Items<br>
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Sandvik to suggest material and cutting tools.<br>
<big><small>STEP Tools to extend STEP-NC Explorer to show total
machining time for each tool.<br>
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