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Welcome to the home page for the Assessment of
Machining Models (AMM) project. Take a look at What's
New on our web pages.
The following is a list of recent additions to our web pages. Whenever
we add anything to our web, we'll put a notice here. The most recent
changes are listed first, and links are provided where appropriate to the
new or updated content.
May 2002
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Release of full calibration data
set, including tool wear data as well as force and
temperature calibration
data, solicitations for predictions of forces, temperatures, and wear
for turning validation tests. |
May 2001
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Release of force and
temperature calibration
data, solicitation for predictions of forces and temperatures
for orthogonal cutting validation tests. |
March 2001
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AMM labs meet at Ford to
discuss data release and validation experimental plan
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February 2001
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Calibration accelerated wear
tests completed at NIST for coated inserts. |
November 2000
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A progress report was given at
the beginning of a discussion panel session on AMM at the IMECE 2000
conference in Orlando, Florida. |
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The paper entitled "Assessment
of Machining Models: A Progress Report" included in the Proceedings
of the 3rd CIRP International Workshop on Modeling of Machining
Operations was published in a special issue of the SME Machining
Science and Technology journal along with selected other papers from
the workshop. |
August 2000
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A presentation was given at
the 3rd CIRP International 2000 Workshop on Modeling of Machining
Operations in Sydney, Australia, and a paper entitled "Assessment of
Machining Models: A Progress Report" was included in the workshop
proceedings. |
July 2000
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Draft Paper
submitted for CIRP2000 Workshop in Australia. |
June 2000
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Data received from Ford Motor
Company for calibration and validation data sets.
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May 2000
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Progress report given during
AMM seminar at NAMRC 2000 in Lexington, KY. |
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Calibration data set
accelerated wear tests completed at NIST for uncoated inserts. |
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Validation data set
experiments completed at NIST. |
March 2000
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Calibration data set
experiments completed at NIST. |
December 1999
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Enhancements to intrinsic
work-tool thermocouple system at NIST developed and implemented. |
November 1999
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Progress report given during
AMM seminar at IMECE 1999 in Anaheim, CA. |
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Data received from Caterpillar
for calibration data set.
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October 1999
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Data received from General
Motors for calibration data set. |
September 1999
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First batch of tubes finished
and shipped to AMM Labs
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NSF Proposal awarded (Grant
No. 9909130) |
July 1999
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Machining plans finished |
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Report on chemical and
metallurgical analyses received from Chicago Spectro
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June 1999
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NIST received AISI 1045 Steel
Bars from York Steel
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Proposal recommended for award
by NSF |
April 1999
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Proposal submitted to NSF |
February 1999
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Meeting of AMM Lab
representatives at Ford
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January 1999
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Presentation given at 2nd CIRP
Int'l Workshop on Modeling of Machining Operations in Nantes,
France. |
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