STEP-NC based high-level machining simulations integrated with CAD/CAPP/CAM

Authors:
Yu Zhang;Xiao-Lan Bai;Xun Xu;Yong-Xian Liu
Affiliations:
School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China 110004;School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China 110004;School of Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 1010;School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China 110004
Venue:
International Journal of Automation and Computing
Year:
2012

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Abstract

With the development of manufacturing, numerical control (NC) machining simulation has become a modern tool to obtain safe and reliable machining operations. Although some research and commercial software about NC machining simulations is available, most of them is oriented for G&M code. It is a low-level data model for computer numerical control (CNC), which has inherent drawbacks such as incomplete data and lack of accuracy. These limitations hinder the development of a real simulation system. Whereas, standard for the exchange of product data-compliant numerical control (STEP-NC) is a new and high-level data model for CNC. It provides rich information for CNC machine tools, which creates the condition for an informative and real simulation. Therefore, this paper proposes STEP-NC based high-level NC machining simulations solution integrated with computer-aided design/computer-aided process planning/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAPP/CAM). It turned out that the research provides a better informed simulation environment and promotes the development of modern manufacturing.