Dear CS’s and techies,
Thank you very much for participating at the aerospace V6 Machining clinic at the SKO in Orlando. I had a very interesting session and great questions you folks came up with. I wanted to summarize below what I captured during the clinic & get your continued support and thought process/knowledge from what you discover/learn from your customers to be shared here on the community. Please feel free to add your questions to the list below in case I have missed something or you have new unanswered ones that you forgot to bring ask at the clinic. We will have answers to these questions shortly. Couple of months from now ( at COE mid April 2012) , this community will be open to your customers. So please ask your questions on behalf of your customers now and make sure to check back frequently to find your answers.
Thanks for your contributions and knowledge to help grow V6 machining and the community.
Clinic Questions:
- Q: Do we have capabilities to capture costs during developing the NC programs so that end of the day the programmer will know how much the process will cost with a click of a single button?
- Costs of NC Programming
i. Resources
Machine hour rate
Tool holder cost, Cutting tool costs,Machine idle time cost,Operator costs,Fixture costs,Coolant costs,Material costs,Set-up costs,Etc…..
- It is becoming difficult to deliver a complete solution as in a one stop shop to a customer. We have to deal with our technology partners for post processors and controller emulators. How can we make this easier?
- Do we deliver a library of machines with virtual controllers ?
- What are our plans for tool path optimization capabilities ?
- Do we support 100% of V5 CATIA Machining in V6 ? Please list what is NOT yet supported today in V6 and what are the plans for those.
- What do we have for machining planning ?
- What is our strategy in V6 for Composite part programming and machining ?
- Costs of NC Programming
Regards
NCK
