• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.3091-3097
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• 1994

An expert system for NC part programming of NC lathe (ESPP-1) is developed as a part of Computer-Adied Manufacturing system. Conventional computer-assisted part programming system essentially requires an NC part programmer who is an expert in NC part programming. But the developed ESSP-1 can allow an inexperienced person to make an excellent NC data for the NC Lathe without any problem, since the system has a knowledge base composed of EIA and ISO NC code, feed rate, spindle speed, machining coordinates selection, and tool selection etc., which were directly evoked from some skilled NC part programmers, and referenced some machining handbooks. This paper discusses the algorithm of the expert system for NC part programming of the NC lathe (ESPP-1) and the performance comparisons between the developed expert system and the conventional system.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1986.10a
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• pp.414-418
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• 1986

Although the use of NC machine is increasing in modern industry, unfamiliarities of the NC program syntax do not allow us to program it easily. So, automatic programming systems, such as APT, COMPACT, CL, were developed to help the uninitiated to write NC program easily. In this research, Korean Automatic Programming System for 2-axis NC lathe is developed, by which NC program is easily programmed using Korean letters. In addition, Graphic Debugger for 2-axis NC lathe is developed for debugging the NC program error and animating the cutting process. The above systems are run on the IBM-PC/XT.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.29-39
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• 1998

A conversational programming system for turning processes was studied to enhance the user friendliness of a NC Lathe by adopting man-machine interface functions through Delphi programming tool under the Windows 95 environment. Functions of tool collision checking were developed through zone limitation algorithms. Final shape of workpiece was generated by means of tree structure algorithm. Shop floor programming performance was incorporated in the developed CAM module. In order to increase flexibility of the man-machine interface, graphic based programming tools have been developed. A NC turning machine equipped with an open architecture PCNC was used as a test bed of the system. Performance of the system was verified through case studies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.1191-1194
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• 1995

A conversational programming system for turning processes was studied to enhance the user friendlness of an NC by adopting man-machine interface functions through Visual C $^{++}$ programming tool under the Windows 95 environment. Shop floor programming performance was incorporated in the developed CAM module. In order to increase flexibility of the man-machine interface, graphic based programmin tool have been developed. An NC turning machine equipped whit an open architecture PCNC was used as a test bed of the system. Perfomance of the system was verified through case studies..

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1991.04a
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• pp.243-250
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• 1991

This paper concerns the development of NC programming system TIG (Turning with Interactive Graphics) with interactive graphics for turning operation. The system cosists of the processor, the post-processor and the system-user interface. Different from previous segment contour based NC graphic programming systems, the frliability and efficiencyof programming is realized by using Boolean operation with block unit based ICONs for the geometry definition. The tool motion can be also displayed on the screen together with the part contour. The system calculate automatically the number of passes based on the user specified cutting conditions.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.38-45
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• 1993

The feature based modeling approach is useful for post-CAD related works such as process planning and NC part programming. This paper describes the development of 'FeaTURN' system which is feature based NC part programming system for turning operation. The programming task in 'FeaTURN' system becomes easy and effective with the assistance of feature icons. The manufacturing attributes can be handled toghther with the features during input procedure. The cutter location data (CLD) is determined by the processor module. The post process module converts the CL data to machine control data (MCD). Also, the system graphically displays the tool path.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.16 no.3 s.96
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• pp.9-17
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• 1999

This paper presents a method of grinding and polishing automation of precision die after CNC machining. The method employs a robot system equipped with a pneumatic spindle and a special abrasive film pad. The robot program is automatically generated off-line program form a PC and downloaded to robot controller. Position and orientation data for the program is supplied form cutter contact (CC) data of NC machining process. This eliminates separate robot teaching process. This paper aims at practical automation of die finishing process which is very time consuming and suffering from shortage of workpeople. Time loss due to changeover from one product to another is eliminated by PC off-line programming exploiting appropriate NC machining data. Dextrous 6-axis robot with rigid wrist and simple tooling enables the process applicable to larger, rather complex 3 dimensional free surfaces.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1988.10a
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• pp.285-288
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• 1988

Despite of the low productivity, the manual programming for NC machining is still widly used because of it's economical reasons. In this study, the computer assisted manual programming system CAMP which assits the efficient verification of MCD(Machine Control Data) is presented. The system can detect sysntax errors, graphically display tool motions and eventually diagnose programming techniques. The case study is applied for the NC turning operations.

• CDE review
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.64-65
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• 1997

이 글에서는 1. NC 프로그램의 역사 2. NC 프로그래밍의 주요 문제 - 2차원 형상의 가공, 3차원 곡면 가공, 공구 및 holder와 공작물, 치공구와의 간섭 및 충돌 방지, 5축 및 다축 NC 가공, NC 가공을 위한 곡면 모델, 가공경로 검증 및 Cutting simulation, 곡면 또는 pocket 가공에서 공구의 자동 선정 등에 대하여 다루었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.1074-1083
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• 1993

NC simulation has been used to replace the test cutting of NC machining. Although it can reduce the NC part programming effort, it still has a problem. If any error is found during the simulation, then the part has to be reprogrammed and it is time consumming. This paper presents a method for verifying and editing the NC code after the post-processing without going back to the part programming stage. A data structure and an algorithm to verify and edit the NC code interactively with the aid of graphics is introduced. Z-map method is used for the shaded image display and cross-sectional view display of the macined parts. The method was implemented in a IBM/PC-386 with MS-Windows software, and the multi-window function of the of the MS-Windows is used for the simultaneous editing and verification.