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OMAC Machine Tool Working Group Sid Venkatesh The Boeing Company Feb 3rd 2005. Purpose of OMAC Work Group.
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OMAC Machine Tool Working Group Sid Venkatesh The Boeing CompanyFeb 3rd 2005
Purpose of OMAC Work Group • To collectively derive common solutions for both technical and non-technical issues in the development, implementation, and commercialization of open, modular architecture control (OMAC) technologies. • To promote OMAC development among control technology providers and OMAC adoption among end users, OEMs, and system integrators. • To act as a repository for OMAC requirements and operating experience from users, software developers, hardware builders and OEMs in manufacturing applications. • To facilitate the accelerated development and convergence of industry and government developed OMAC technology guidelines to one set that satisfies common use requirements. • To collaborate among users groupsaround the world in pursuit of common international OMAC technology guidelines.
OMAC - Machine Tool Working Group • STEP-NC Working Group • Common Human Machine Interface Working Group
Journey of OMAC / MTG Group • MTG was formed in Feb 2002 • STEP-NC Value Proposition document 4/02 • STEP-NC Design document – 9/02 • Submitted proposal for Federal grant – 4/03 • Submitted proposal for ATP Grant -4/04 • Demo at the IMTS enabling technology booth -9/04 • Demo of STEP-NC (CC1) Demo -2/05
2004 STEP-NC Progress Report • FDIS out for balloting • Development of Conformance Class 1 and basic Road map for implementation • Acknowledgement the technology for auto feature recognition is not yet mature • Demo showing the AP-238 may be used today to make real-world complicated 5 axis part if file sizes are reasonable and appropriate converter can be written
Contact Info Sid Venkatesh The Boeing Company (206) 655-0612 sid.venkatesh@boeing.com