U.S.-Egypt Cooperative Research: Building a CNC Machining System with an Open Architecture Controller

9810981 TanselDescription：该奖项是对佛罗里达州迈阿密佛罗里达国际大学机械工程系的Ibrahim Tansel博士和埃及亚历山大大学生产工程系的Essam Soliman博士的合作项目的支持。该项目的目标是调查参数并制定经济选择机械和电子部件的程序，以建立计算机化和数控加工(CNC)系统所需的机械和电子部件。组件的经济选择基于预定义的性能规格。此次遴选将基于双方将制定的程序，以提供与美国和埃及市场相关的信息。随后是控制加工系统性能的软件的开发。该软件将量身定做，以满足美国和埃及私营部门的需求。索里曼博士将提供这台机器，并评估将其用作数控系统基础所需的设计修改。Soliman博士和Tansel博士将为CNC系统的操作选择执行器和伺服驱动器，并将为机床配备电子位移和速度传感器。双方将开发接口软件，将数据采集系统连接到连接的计算机。他们将对照所需的规格测试系统性能。范围：该奖项是为了表彰两位科学家(一位在美国，一位在埃及)合作，用埃及目前不那么先进的工业中使用的机床开发和测试数控加工系统，而不是用新的数控系统取代整个机床。这项研究对发展中国家的工业特别有用，在这些工业中，购买现成的数控加工系统过于昂贵，而且其中一些机器可能难以操作和维护。这也有利于为改装提供机械部件和计算机硬件和软件的美国工业。这一建议符合在对双方都有利的领域加强美国与外国合作的国际目标。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金计划的支持，该计划为两国的科学家和工程师提供资助，以开展这些合作活动。

9810981TanselDescription: This award is for support of a cooperative project by Dr. Ibrahim Tansel of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Florida International University in Miami, Florida and Dr. Essam Soliman of the Department of Production Engineering at the University of Alexandria in Egypt. The project's objective is to investigate parameters and develop procedures for economic selection of mechanical and electronic components required for building computerized and numerically controlled machining (CNC) systems. The economic selection of components is based on predefined performance specifications. The selection will be based on a procedure to be developed by the two sides to provide information relevant to markets in the US and in Egypt. This is to be followed by the development of software to control the performance of the machining system. The software is to be tailored to meet the needs of the private sectors in the United States and in Egypt. Dr. Soliman will provide the machine and assess the design modification needed to have it used as a base for the CNC system. Drs. Soliman and Tansel will select the actuators and servo drives for the operation of the CNC system, and will equip the machine with the electronic displacement and speed sensors. The two sides will develop the interface software to couple the data acquisition system to an attached computer. They will test the system performance against the desired specifications. Scope: This award is for collaboration between two scientists, one in the US and one in Egypt, to develop and test a CNC machining system from machines currently used in less advanced industries in Egypt, instead of replacing the entire machines with new CNC systems. The study is particularly useful for the developing countries' industries where it is too expensive to acquire ready made CNC machining systems, and where some of these machines may be difficult to operate and maintain. It is also beneficial for the United States industries that provide the mechanical components and the computer hardware and software for the retrofitting. This proposal meets the INT objective of enhancing US-foreign collaboration in areas that benefit both sides. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.