Computerized representations of manufacturing resources: validation and standardization efforts

摘要

Computer representations for machine tools, cutting tools, and associated hardware are used within a variety of manufacturing software applications. Currently there is no agreed-upon mechanism for representing such manufacturing resource data and as a result this information is individually entered and maintained on multiple systems within a single manufacturing facility. NIST has proposed a manufacturing resource representation which could be shared among manufacturing software applications and, would be of great benefit to both the users of the software and the vendors of the software. This proposed solution which supports common milling, drilling, and turning processes is undergoing validation through integration of a shared database with several manufacturing software applications. Furthermore, consensus for such a manufacturing resource representation is being pursued within several standards-making organization.