SBIR-STTR Award

The National Simulation Service will be easy to use, universally available simulator for manufacturing processes. The service will show how products are manufactured using different machines, different cutting tools and different fixtures. The service will allow changes to be made to a product, its process and its resources until it is deemed correct by the user. The service will be freely available over the network and will be paid for by the manufacturing community when it makes the product.

Keywords:
Cnc Verification, Networked Manufacturing, Process Simulation, Integrated Manufacturing Data, Standards

We propose to build a National Simulation Service that will have triple benefits to industry. First, it will give companies new freedom to produce at a scale that matches demand. Second, companies will have access to a wider variety of expertise and options than they would otherwise have internally, resulting in better products and processes. Third, it will make companies more robust because they will no longer be in danger of losing critical capabilities during a contraction in the business cycle. The new service will make it possible for any expert anywhere to understand how an organization runs its manufacturing processes. With the understanding the expert will be able to fix and optimize problems without being a 24/7 employee or on-site consultant of the enterprise.

Keywords:
Machining simulation and verification, Manufacturing services, Machine tool models, Cutting tool models, Manufacturing process models, STEP, STEP-NC