Advanced Design and Manufacturing Based on STEP

The globalisation of manufacturing has led to a need for a common language which can be used throughout the entire product development life cycle. Advanced Design and Manufacturing Based on STEP discusses the most successful of the proposed solutions – the STandard for Exchange of Product model, or STEP. STEP aims to provide a complete computer-interpretable product data format, so that users can integrate business and technical data to support all aspects of the product development cycle, e.g., design, analysis, manufacturing, sales and customer services. Of particular significance is the publication of STEP-NC as an extension of STEP to NC, utilising the feature-based concept for CNC machining purposes. The contributors to this volume are based in some of the world’s leading national research institutes and universities and enterprises. The twenty chapters cover recent research results, and a range of STEP and STEP-NC application case studies from the fields of design and manufacturing. Advanced Design and Manufacturing Based on STEP will serve as a useful compilation for researchers and students in advanced manufacturing technologies and manufacturing information systems. It offers a range of literature concerning the use of STEP in both design and manufacturing domains.Table of contents1. STEP in a Nutshell2. Features-Based Process Planning Based on STEP3. A Heuristic STEP-NC-Based Process Planning Tool for Sequencing NC Machining Operations4. STEPNC++ - An Effective Tool for Feature-Based CAM/CNC5. A STEP-Compliant Approach to Turning Operations6. Circular Sawblade Stone Cutting Technology Based on STEP-NC7. Open Platform Development for STEP-Compliant CNC8. STEP-NC in Support of Machining Process Optimization9. Achieving a STEP-NC-Enabled Advanced NC Programming Environment10. STEP-Compliant CNC Systems, Present and Future Directions11. Standardised Process Control System for CNC Manufacturing12. A STEP-NC Compliant Methodology for Modelling Manufacturing Resources13. Development of Digital Semantic Machining Models for STEP-NC Based on STEP Technology14. Development of a STEP-NC Network Management Protocol for Decentralized Manufacturing15. A Generic Product Modelling Framework for Rapid Development of Customised Products16. STEP in the Context of Product Data Management17. STEP in the Context of PLM18. Usage of Agent Technology to Coordinate Data Exchange in the Extended Enterprise19. An XML Implementation for Data Exchange of Heterogeneous Object Models20. Module-Based Platform for Seamless Interoperable CAD-CAM-CNC Planning