Development of robust extensible architectures for machine-tool control

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2912, Issue , 1997, Pages 72-81

  Yellowley, Ian ^a   Ardekani, Ramin ^b,c   Yang, Longxiang ^a   Seethaler, Rudolph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Cimprovisor High Tech Industries

^c Teleflex ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

CNC; Machine tools; Open architecture controls

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FIRMWARE; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FORTH (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINGUISTICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINERY; MACHINING; QUERY LANGUAGES; STANDARDS;

CNC; CNC SYSTEMS; COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; CONTROL ACTIVITIES; CONTROL COMMUNITIES; END USERS; ERROR CONTROLS; INCREASED FLEXIBILITIES; MAJOR FACTORS; OPEN ARCHITECTURE CONTROLS; OPEN FIRMWARES; OPERATING SOFTWARES; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; RE-CONFIGURATIONS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 58049174244     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.263374     Document Type: Conference Paper

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