Department of Defense Tri-Service Precision Machine-Tool Program. Quarterly Report,February--April 1978.

摘要

Following a planning period during which the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and the Department of Defense managing sponsor,the USAF Materials Laboratory,agreed on work statements,the Department of Defense Tri-Service Precision Machine-Tool Program began in February 1978. Milestones scheduled for the first quarter have been met. Tasks and manpower requirements for two basic projects,precision-machining commercialization (PMC) and a machine-tool task force (MTTF),were defined. Progress by PMC includes: (1) documentation of existing precision machine-tool technology by initiation and compilation of a bibliography containing several hundred entries: (2) identification of the problems and needs of precision turning-machine builders and of precision turning-machine users interested in developing high-precision machining capability;and (3) organization of the schedule and content of the first seminar,to be held in October 1978,which will bring together representatives from the machine-tool and optics communities to address the problems and begin the process of high-precision machining commercialization. Progress by MTTF includes: (1) planning for the organization of a team effort of approximately 60to 80international experts to contribute in various ways to project objectives,namely,to summarize state-of-the-art cutting-machine-tool technology and to identify areas where future R and D should prove technically and economically profitable; (2) preparation of a comprehensive plan to achieve those objectives;and (3) preliminary arrangements for a plenary session,also in October,when the task force will meet to formalize the details for implementing the plan. (ERA citation 03:053247)