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<p>All,<br>
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The conference call is this Wednesday at the regular times - 7AM
Pacific, 10AM Eastern, 3PM UK and 4PM Europe. The contact details
are repeated below for those of you who do not use an electronic
calendar.<br>
<br>
We will discuss the first machining results for the following test
data. This data should be accessible to anyone with a browser or
smart phone:</p>
<p> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://swim.steptools.com:8085/">http://swim.steptools.com:8085/</a><br>
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width="187"> <col
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width="310"> <col
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<td class="xl66" style="height:15.0pt;width:72pt" height="20"
width="96">Category</td>
<td class="xl66" style="width:140pt" width="187">Item</td>
<td class="xl66" style="width:233pt" width="310">Description</td>
<td class="xl66" style="width:53pt" width="70">Date</td>
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<tr style="height:45.0pt" height="60">
<td style="height:45.0pt" height="60">Setup</td>
<td>Stock specifications</td>
<td>Need stock dimensions and tolerances</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">Setup</td>
<td>Workpiece location</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Need work
offset location relative to stock features that we can
measure</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<tr style="height:30.0pt" height="40">
<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">Cutting tools</td>
<td>Missing cutters</td>
<td>We don't have two of the cutters</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<tr style="height:30.0pt" height="40">
<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">Web interface</td>
<td>Axis system display</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Helpful to
have frame directions displayed on screen</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<tr style="height:30.0pt" height="40">
<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">Web interface</td>
<td>Workpiece frame location</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Helpful to
have workpiece frame system displayed on screen</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:45.0pt" height="60">
<td style="height:45.0pt" height="60">Web interface</td>
<td>Identify datum features</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Nice to be
able to be able to visually identify datum features.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Like in STEP-NC
Explorer.</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20">
<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">NC program</td>
<td>No coolant commands</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Program does
not turn coolant on/off</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<tr style="height:30.0pt" height="40">
<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">NC program</td>
<td>Slow -Z feed during setup 1</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">During
facing, the down move after traverse across the part is very
slow</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<tr style="height:45.0pt" height="60">
<td style="height:45.0pt" height="60">Setup</td>
<td>Interefence on Setup 2</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">The support
parallel on the bottom of the part in interfering with the
un-cut surface of the part</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:30.0pt" height="40">
<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">NC program</td>
<td>Notes for operator</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Add notes in
the program to let the operator know what is going on</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:30.0pt" height="40">
<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">NC program</td>
<td>Conventional milling</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Is there a
reason program does not use climb cutting?</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20">
<td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Cutting tools</td>
<td>Long 10mm tool</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Is long
length required in later operations?</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<tr style="height:30.0pt" height="40">
<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">Cutting tools</td>
<td>Short flute length</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Is there a
reason a longer flute length was not used when cutting
sides?</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<td style="height:30.0pt" height="40">Video</td>
<td>Camera position not optimal</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Camera needs
to be higher to prevent coolant from blocking view</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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<td style="height:60.0pt" height="80">Setup</td>
<td>Used Al</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width:233pt" width="310">Used aluminum
85x85x85mm block rather than Ti.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We discovered Ti block
dimensions were not very close to the specifications.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Ti blocks were
oversized by 2 to 3 mm.</td>
<td class="xl64" align="right">8/20/2016</td>
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