Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Home shop Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)

Hey thats a real NEAT idea.........perhaps you need some help programing or
some ideas if you get stuck?

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From: "tkosan" <tkosan@...>
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Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:40 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Home shop Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)


> Hello,
>
> I am in the process of developing requirements for a modular, home
> shop based Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) system and I was
> wondering if anyone on this list would would be interested in
> providing some feedback on this idea? The whole system will be
> integrated using a wired/wireless Ethernet network and I plan to make
> all of the software open source so if this project eventually produces
> deliverables then it can be downloaded from the internet for free and
> used or modified as needed.
>
> As much of the software as possible will be written in the Java
> programming language (including the realtime embedded systems code) so
> it will be able to run without modification on a very wide range of
> computer platforms including Windows, Linux, Macintosh and Embedded
> systems.
>
> Here is a simple diagram that gives an idea of what the system's
> topology will look like:
>
> http://tkosan.javadevices.org/misc/embeddedjava/home_shop_cim.jpg
>
>
> With this kind of system, parts can be designed in the house or the
> shop and part files can be downloaded to the machines as needed
> through the network. Beyond this, the network enables a
> building-block manufacturing capability that allows work cells to be
> easily put together which consist of a number of different machines.
>
> For example, a cell can be put together which consists of a material's
> handling robot and a CNC table and the network will allow these two to
> work together.
>
> Cameras can also be easily added to the network and the status of a
> production run can be monitored from anywhere on a person's property
> using a wireless PDA, a PC in the house or even from a person's TV in
> the near future.
>
> As another example, an audible alarm can also be attached to the
> network in the house and the system could then notify the people in
> the house when a machine needs reloading or when there is a problem.
>
> Even though widespread CIM has been a dream of the manufacturing
> industry for years, the commodity technologies needed to implement
> this idea relatively inexpensively have just become available within
> the past couple of years.
>
> Anyway, if anyone has some ideas about what they would like to see in
> a system like this I would very much like to hear them.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted Kosan
>
>
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