THE NUMERICAL CONTROL (NC) OPERATION OF MANY MANUFACTURING PLANTS CAN BE COMPARED TO DRIVING A HIGH- SPEED SPORTS CAR. THE CAR AND DRIVER ARE CAPABLE OF MUCH HIGHER SPEEDS THAN THE LAW ALLOWS. IN MANUFACTURING, THE NC PROGRAMMER AND THE NC MACHINE TOOL ARE CAPABLE OF MUCH HIGHER PRODUCTION RATES, BUT HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED BY THE PROVE-OUT PROCESS AND A MEANS TO MAXIMIZE THE NC FEED RATES. NOW, BY USING NC VERIFICATION SOFTWARE, MORE TIME IS ALLOWED FOR PRODUCTION BY REDUCING MACHINE PROVE-OUTS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY ALLOWING ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED WHERE THEY ARE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE--AT THE PROGRAMMING LEVEL. FURTHERMORE, NEW OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE AUTOMATICALLY DEVELOPS THE FASTEST FEED RATES, WHICH IN TURN REDUCES MOST NC MACHINING TIMES BY 20% OR MORE. THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF SUCH PROGRAMS IS THAT THEY ALLOW THE ENTIRE NC MACHINING OPERATION TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE.
| Number of Pages : | 11 |
| Published : | 06/01/1992 |
