CyberCut: A Networked Manufacturing Service

Cyber​​Cut：网络化制造服务

• 批准号: 9617995
• 负责人: Paul Wright
• 金额: $ 138.05万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-05-15 至 2001-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9617995&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCut; Networked; Manufacturing; Service

Getting leading-edge products to market faster than one's competition, is a key concern of the Nation's manufacturing enterprises. Correspondingly, many designers "out there on the Interned" quickly want "one-of-a-kind" mechanical prototypes or small batches of parts, to visualize and experiment with during the early conceptual stages of a new "high-tech" product. This grant will be used to build "an experimental fabrication testbed" for an Internet-accessible, computerized machining service called "CyberCut". Client- designers will be able to create mechanical components, beginning with a CAD system of their choice, and submit appropriate files to the server at Berkeley for process planning. "CyberCut" will utilize an existing open-architecture, computerized machining tool at Berkeley for fabrication. Rapid tool-path planning, novel fixturing techniques, and sensor-based precision machining techniques will allow the original designer to take delivery of a component with a high-strength and tight-tolerance {e.g., +/- 0.00 inch (0.05mm)}. "CyberCut" will first be used by University collaborators at Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and the MTAMRI at Illinois. There will also be some instances where the design has a complex shape that cannot be prototyped by machining. Other "Solid Free Form" technologies will then need to be evaluated for the downstream prototype realization. A "Manufacturing Analysis Service" will be developed that will evaluate the design for fabrication by Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering. Industrial collaborators, Metalcast Engineering and Plynetics will be used for these extended services.

比竞争对手更快地将领先产品推向市场，是国家制造企业关注的重点。 相应地，许多“实习生”设计师很快就想要“独一无二”的机械原型或小批量零件，以便在新“高科技”产品的早期概念阶段进行可视化和实验。 这笔赠款将用于为名为“Cyber​​Cut”的可通过互联网访问的计算机化加工服务建立“实验制造测试台”。 客户设计人员将能够从他们选择的 CAD 系统开始创建机械部件，并向伯克利的服务器提交适当的文件以进行流程规划。 “Cyber​​Cut”将利用伯克利现有的开放式架构、计算机化加工工具进行制造。 快速刀具路径规划、新颖的夹具技术和基于传感器的精密加工技术将使原始设计者能够交付具有高强度和严格公差（例如，+/- 0.00 英寸（0.05 毫米））的部件。 “Cyber​​Cut”将首先由卡内基梅隆大学、斯坦福大学和伊利诺伊州 MTAMRI 的大学合作者使用。 在某些情况下，设计具有复杂的形状，无法通过机加工制作原型。 然后需要评估其他“固体自由形状”技术以实现下游原型。 将开发“制造分析服务”，以评估立体光刻或选择性激光烧结的制造设计。 工业合作伙伴 Metalcast Engineering 和 Plynetics 将用于这些扩展服务。