hah! FINO. i always wondered what that thing was called.
--- On Wed, 4/11/12, Kent A. Reed <kentallanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Kent A. Reed <kentallanr...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] machine tool tapers > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 9:10 AM > On 4/11/2012 7:41 AM, charles green > wrote: > > dC::deviation from concentricity > > dL::deviation fron longitudinal position (tool length) > > dA::tolerance range of cone mating angle > > dA/dt::cone wear factor > > Tg::load torque applied normal to cone (rotation) axis > (taper guage line=center of torque?) > > P::load (Pressure, tension) along (cone) axis of > rotation > > TT (bold letter T)::vector representing specific cutter > geometry/material > > M::(vector?) machinablity figure of merit for billet, > given cutter material of TT > > S::rotation rate around cone axis > > > > alot of video games incorporate a physics model basis > for the coordinated movements of player avatars. > perhaps the tangible world of substantial stuff made of > atoms is just not cost effective to precisely simulate. > > > > > > --- On Mon, 4/9/12, Kent A. Reed<knbr...@erols.com> > wrote: > > > >> <...deleted a longish trail of email messages > from Charles Green, Viesturs Lācis and me> > >> > > Sorry, Charles, I should have looked up-thread to see what > you > originally asked. I was responding to a specific point in > Viesturs' > reply which of course I chose to interpret in my own snarky > way. > > I believe wholeheartedly in computational engineering and > science. > > In my professional career I have written a number of > substantial > computer programs which today would be classified as > "modeling and > simulation" but which in the day were simply "codes". They > ranged from > the domain of the very small---detailed physics involved in > > inter-molecular collisions in rarified high-temperature > gases in order > better to understand energy transport and transfer---to the > domain of > the very large---detailed analysis of the reflected > solar-energy > distributions from hundreds of individually controlled > heliostats spread > out over acres at the Solar Thermal Test Facility in > Albuquerque in > order to understand and possibly improve the flux > distribution along the > central receiver (this in the 1970s, before "drill, baby, > drill" became > our mantra). The list goes on. > > I also know something of metallurgical tribology (the study > of > interacting surfaces in relative motion) and I know people > who have made > substantial contributions to the art. Modeling and > simulation in > conjunction with sophisticated experiments to gather needed > data and > verify results have moved the field smartly forward in the > past 30 years. > > I wasn't questioning the value of modeling the behavior of > tapers in > sockets. I was doubting that the existing systems of > standardized > industrial tapers for machine tools are based on modeling, > sophisticated > or otherwise. I'd love to look at some of the original > patents to see > what they say. I'll have to add that to my > first-in-never-out (FINO) > stack of things to do:-) > > Regards, > Kent > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes > to > monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second > resolution app monitoring today. Free. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
