Remote real-time CNC machining for web-based manufacturing |
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Authors: | Lihui Wang Peter Orban Andrew Cunningham Sherman Lang |
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Affiliation: | Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 800 Collip Circle, London, Ont., Canada N6G 4X8 |
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Abstract: | Today's machining shop floors, characterized by large variety of products in small batch sizes, require dynamic control and real-time monitoring capabilities that are responsive and adaptive to the rapid changes of production capability and functionality. It is especially true when the shop floors are combined with the e-manufacturing concept. However, a highly efficient infrastructure that can integrate the pieces of automated equipment together and link them to the e-manufacturing is still missing. The objective of this research is to develop an appropriate methodology with open architecture for real-time monitoring and remote control of networked CNC machines. A framework named Wise-ShopFloor (Web-based-integrated sensor-driven e-ShopFloor) is designed for this purpose. Within the context, this paper presents a new enabling technology to bring traditional CNC machine tools on-line with combined monitoring and control capability. Issues such as architecture design, methodology development, and prototype implementation are addressed through a milling machine case study. It is expected that the developed technology can be readily applied to real shop floor environments with increased productivity, flexibility, and responsiveness. |
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Keywords: | Web-based manufacturing Remote control CNC machining Java 3D |
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