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<u>Attendees</u><br>
Anna Valente, ITIA-CNR, Italy<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
<br>
Alain Brail, AlBavis, France
<br>
Leon Xu, Boeing, USA
<br>
Larry Maggiano, Mitutoyo, USA<br>
Mikael Hedlind, KTH, Sweden<br>
<br>
<u>Apologies for Absence</u><br>
Sid Venkatesh, Boeing, USA<br>
David Odendahl, Boeing, USA
<br>
Aydin Nassehi, U.Bath, UK<br>
Stephen Newman, U.Bath, UK<br>
Magnus Lundgren, KTH, Sweden<br>
Robert Erikson, Pratt & Whitney, USA<br>
<br>
We discussed the material and cutting tools. Sandvik is going to
experiment with machining tougher materials and Boeing is going to
experiment with machining using softer tools. After the experiments
have been completed all the machining sites should use the same
selected material and cutting tools so that the results of the
experiments can be confirmed over multiple locations.<br>
<br>
NIST has a dynamometer that can be used to measure cutting forces
before and after the tool has been worn. We will use this dynamometer
to test the tools by machining a test cut on a test part after
completing the machining of each setup in Boxy.<br>
<br>
Boeing has created cutting cross section data for the diameter 16mm
tool. STEP Tools is updating the STEP-NC Explorer to read this data
after a user has selected a workingstep.<br>
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The next call will be at the regular times on Wednesday February 17th.
A
video of this call is on the ftp site.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/NIST/stepmanuf_telecon_20100203.wmv">ftp://ftp.steptools.com/private/NIST/stepmanuf_telecon_20100203.wmv</a><br>
<br>
Martin Hardwick<br>
Team Leader STEP-Manufacturing<br>
<br>
Action Items<br>
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Sandvik and Boeing to experiment with machining different materials
and cutting tools.<br>
<big><small>STEP Tools to extend the STEP-NC Explorer to read cross
section data for selected workingsteps.</small></big>
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