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Publication summary
Author(s): Tom Kramer
Publication date: May 1986
Citation: Tom Kramer: "Integrated Automated Manufacture of Metal Parts," Proceedings of the IEEE National Aerospace & Electronics Conference, May, 1986.
Availability:
- A paper copy of this document is available by contacting Kristy Thompson [web,email]
Abstract:
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This paper describes a system for the automated manufacture of
metal parts developed at the National Bureau of Standards by the
author and his colleagues. The paper emphasizes the software. The
system includes a friendly CAD editor for a feature-based design
protocol, an automatic process planner, an nc-code writer, a vertical
milling machine tended by a robot, and a workstation control system.
The software for the control system, the editor, the process planner,
and the code-writer is in Lisp and runs on a Sun computer. The
system, optionally, will draw the part being made, verify the design,
and verify the process plan. A part may be designed and made within
an hour on this system.
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