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Development of virtual component-based STEP-compliant CNC system

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Future manufacturing systems will need to be versatile, intelligent, adaptable, and long-lasting. Current systems cannot meet those criteria due to limitations in the data interface model and controller architecture. The Standard for the Exchange of Product Data-Numeric Control (STEP-NC) data interface model and open architecture control technology have the potential to enable the features of the next-generation manufacturing system. Three different programming approaches were used to implement the STEP-NC technology: indirect, interpreted and adapted. This study used open-architecture control, virtual component, and microcontroller technologies to develop an interpreted STEP-NC programming approach-based CNC system. The computer, Arduino microcontrollers, and custom boards were used to connect the system to the three-axis CNC milling machine. The STEP-NC implementation, on the other hand, has been done using a virtual component technology-based software system. The STEP-NC Part 21 programme file is read, parsed, interpreted, simulated, managed, and executed by the developed software. The paper’s content discusses system development as well as experimental validation. Finally, the study’s future directions are highlighted.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Sustainable and Responsive Manufacturing (SUSREM) research group of Universiti Teknikal Melaka (UTeM). The authors also acknowledge the support of the Advanced Manufacturing and Material Centre (AMMC) of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Production Laboratory of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). This work is supported by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) Malaysia under the Prototype Research Grant Scheme (PRGS) number PRGS/2020/FTKMP-COSSID/T00026.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malacca, Malaysia

    Kamran Latif

  2. Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Parit Raja, Malaysia

    Yusri Yusof

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Malaysia

    Aini Zuhra Abdul Kadir

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Latif, K., Yusof, Y. & Kadir, A.Z.A. Development of virtual component-based STEP-compliant CNC system. Prog Addit Manuf 7, 77–85 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-021-00215-0

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