Integration models for closed loop inspection based on step-nc standard

Abstract

Modern smart technology has the great impact of dealing with the information that meets the challenges of a new generation of industrial evolution. The main goal is to identify the nature of quality control errors that affect the final quality of the product and maintain the quality to gain better surface of final product. This paper review presents a closed-loop inspection model for implementation of an integrate CAD / CAPP / CAIP / CAM / CAI system based on STEP-NC standard. Hence, the application protocols (AP238 and AP219) are utilized to incorporate the manufacturing and inspection data. The data structure and the flow of the data that support the functional activities in the model created in IDEF0 EXPRESS language. The incorporating new functionalities associated with closed-loop inspection based on the analysis of inspection results generated by a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). The review presented here highlight that STEP-NC standard with closed loop inspection shall be a good basis for future research work to incorporate and standardize material data, geometric and dynamic model, and inspection process planning.