Abstract
This paper describes a method for constructing CAM systems in the Network Computation Environment. In general, CAM systems are developed as one application system for generating NC codes for target machines. However, structures of target CNC machines have usually some differences, so, post-processors convert suitable NC codes for target machine tools and CNCs. Manufacturing systems consists of CNC machine tools, AGVs, host computers and so on. These are controlled by computers and connected each other by general network technologies. Such network environments are regarded as network computation environment that can apply general network protocols. This study aims development of CAM system which can be change configurations of system according to target CNC machine tools and requirements of operators base on distributed computation ideas.
