Okuma, Boeing to Present on STEP-NC ISO Implementations
The presentations are to include live demonstrations of titanium cutting processes.
At the Trends in Advanced Machining, Manufacturing and Materials (TRAM) conference during IMTS 2014, Okuma and Boeing will partner to present new implementations of the STEP-NC ISO standard. At 11:00 a.m. each day of IMTS in Okuma’s Booth S-8500, David Odendahl, associate technical fellow at Boeing, will give a short presentation discussing the optimization of programming with STEP-NC.
Each presentation will include titanium cutting demonstrations of Boeing’s original process followed by two optimized processes. The optimized implementations act as a universal CAM translator, enabling users to leverage multiple tooling suppliers using a variety of CAM packages that provide optimized cutting paths for reduced cycle times and increased tool life. These paths can be incorporated into a single STEP-NC file that retains process knowledge in addition to G-code axis motion.
On September 10 at 2:20 p.m., Jim Kosmala, vice president of technology at Okuma America Corp. will present along with Mr. Odendahl.
