The Development of a Knowledgebased Tool

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• The Development of a Knowledge-based Tool
• for the Machining Processes
• Dr. Ismail Fidan
• Department of Manufacturing and Industrial
  Technology
• College of Engineering
• Tennessee Technological University
• Cookeville, TN 38505-5003

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• Outline of the Presentation
• MIT CNC Curriculum
• Curricular Need
• Examples
• Current Development
• Conclusion and Future Work
• Acknowledgements

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• MIT 3060 Computer Numerical Control Machining
  Practices (Required Course)
• Prerequisites BE 1120 and MIT 2060
• Theory of numerical control equipment and
  programming for machine setup and operation of
  CNC equipment.

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• MIT 4060 CNC Concepts, Advanced Techniques
  Applications. (Elective Course)
• Prerequisite MIT 3060
• An in-depth study of programming systems,
  techniques, and applications.

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• Introduction to CNC (Phase 1)
• CNC Fundamentals and Vocabulary
• CNC Programming Concepts

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• Interactive Simulation Software
• CNC Milling (Phase 2)
• CNC Turning (Phase 3)
• Introduction to CAD/CAM
• Rapid Prototyping (Phase 4)

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• http//www.cncworkshop.com/
• A multimedia Introduction to CNC
• CNCez 2.0 Java-based CNC training, test, and
  Simulation System

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• httpwww.microest.com/
• http//www.cutdata.com/
• http//www.matweb.com/
• http//www.matls.com/
• http//www.mse.cornell.edu/courses/engri111/

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• Knowledge-based Tool
• developed for
• Forging Processes

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• Conclusions
• Visual Aid to support the lectures and labs.
• Saves time and money.
• Easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, easy-to-modify System
• No need to look up tables and do calculations.
• Access via Internet in the future.
• Constraints will be added into Calculated Results

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• Acknowledgements
• Alan Lamborn
• Serdar Tumkor
• Ahmet Guner
• Marc Timmerman
• Torcomp Personnel