![]() ![]() This paper proposes a new framework for tool path optimization. ![]() Existing methods smooth iso-scallop paths one-by-one, which make the final tool path far from being globally optimal. However, iso-scallop and smoothness often conflict with each other. In practice, scallop height should be kept constant to avoid unnecessary cutting, while the tool path should be smooth enough to maintain a high feed rate. The aim of tool path planning is to maximize the efficiency against some given precision criteria. Finally, the paper outlines the advantages and major issues for future developments in interoperability, identifying future key requirements and limiting factors. The major part of the paper provides a strategic view of how interoperability can be implemented across the CAx chain with a range of standards used to regulate the flow of information. A review of the literature in interoperable CNC manufacturing is then provided relating to milling, turn–mill and other NC processes. In this paper, the authors introduce the background to the evolution of CNC manufacturing over the last 50 years and the current standards available for programming. Over the last 8 years the eminence of a STEP standard for machining entitled STEP-NC (numerical control) has become a well-known vehicle for research to improve the level of information availability at the CNC machine tool. Being interoperable, resources can be utilized interchangeably in a plug-and-produce manner. Interoperability of the various components of the CAx chain is therefore a major prerequisite for manufacturing enterprises for becoming strategically agile and consequently globally competitive. The advances in CNC technology coupled with enhancements in computing systems have provided the basis to re-examine the way in which computer-aided systems (CAx) can be used to enable global manufacturing. In the domain of manufacturing, computer numerically controllers (CNC) technology is a major contributor to the production capacity of the enterprises.
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