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Development of a STEP-compliant inspection for discrete components
journal contribution
posted on 2008-10-21, 11:46 authored by Liaqat Ali, Stephen T. Newman, Jon PetzingJon PetzingThe measurement and inspection of manufactured parts play a vital role in
manufacturing industry and is considered an integral part of the quality control. Though this
is recognized, the state of the art in measurement and inspection of components is still
recognized as a separate island of automation with no formal overall integration of standards
and specifications. Although the introduction of probing has enabled automated inspection
processes to become commonplace, the solutions for the in-process gauging at CNC machine
tools and the programming of coordinate measuring machines is still vendor specific.
The introduction of new standards for data exchange, such as STEP, AP219, and STEP-NC, has
influenced the future direction of the inspection process. In light of current research in this field,
a STEP compliant inspection framework for a component is presented. This framework aims to
provide a capability to establish standardized measuring and inspection across the total CAx
chain. It will facilitate the use of information downstream in the chain, such as an inspection
workplan, workingsteps, and a mechanism to close the loop and feedback of inspection
results to component model design. In order to achieve this integration STEP-NC (ISO14649)
along with AP219 has been used in this research to provide the basis of a STEP-compliant
inspection framework.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Citation
ALI, L., NEWMAN, S.T. and PETZING, J.N., 2005. Development of a STEP-compliant inspection for discrete components. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 219 (7), pp. 557-563 [DOI:10.1243/095440505X32364]Publisher
© IMechE / Professional Engineering PublishingPublication date
2005Notes
This article was published in the journal, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture [© IMechE] and is also available at: http://journals.pepublishing.com/content/119784ISSN
0954-4054Language
- en