Project Details
Description
STEPMAN project aims to produce an instrument for European Machine Tool Manufacturing SMEs, which helps to increase their competitiveness:
- By providing efficient quality control software, increasing the quality of their products. The reproduction of a product will be much more accurate using a STEP-NC compliant integrated file format throughout the whole production chain. The differences in translating CAD/CAM information to post-processors will be eliminated, and the changes in CAD/CAM models will be recorded and stored in a reusable form.
- By savings on production time (faster response delivery), decreasing their manufacturing costs. The very usua repeated production of a given product in this sector will take an estimated 20% less time.
- By developing a software tool, which makes possible joining design and production made by different companies using different CAD/CAM software (e.g. due to different software suppliers). Difference in data formats is one of the most important limiting factors in flexibility and cooperation of machine tool manufacturing SMEs.
- By providing efficient quality control software, increasing the quality of their products. The reproduction of a product will be much more accurate using a STEP-NC compliant integrated file format throughout the whole production chain. The differences in translating CAD/CAM information to post-processors will be eliminated, and the changes in CAD/CAM models will be recorded and stored in a reusable form.
- By savings on production time (faster response delivery), decreasing their manufacturing costs. The very usua repeated production of a given product in this sector will take an estimated 20% less time.
- By developing a software tool, which makes possible joining design and production made by different companies using different CAD/CAM software (e.g. due to different software suppliers). Difference in data formats is one of the most important limiting factors in flexibility and cooperation of machine tool manufacturing SMEs.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/11/11 → 31/01/15 |
Collaborative partners
- University of Bath (lead)
- Alemany Saludes y Asociados S.L.
- G-I FLEX Szerszámgyártó Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság
- Istraživačko-razvojni institut Lola društvo sa ograničenom odgovornošću
- Krakowski Osrodek Badan I Technologii Sp. Z o.o.
- Makina İmalatçıları Birliği Derneği
- Ateknea Solutions
- Nemetschek OOD
- Norsk Industri
- RWTH Aachen University
Funding
- European Commission
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