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Machine Tool Genome Project

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 		Award ID:
96778 		Program Year/Program:
2010 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
10SB2-0258 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
DARPA 10-005 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
MANUFACTURING LABORATORIES, INC.
889 South Rainbow Blvd. PMB 690 Las Vegas, NV -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2010
Title: Machine Tool Genome Project
Agency / Branch: DOD / DARPA
Contract: W31P4Q-11-C-0063
Award Amount: $99,000.00
 

Abstract:

This project describes research that will lead to the commercialization of the Tool Dashboard, a new technique for pre-process milling parameter selection. In this approach, dynamic models of the cutting tool and holder will be analytically coupled to spindle-machine measurements to predict the tool point dynamics. Given this information, stability lobe diagrams, which display stable and unstable cutting zones as a function of the axial depth of cut and spindle speed, will be constructed. This information will then be used to develop the user-friendly Tool Dashboard interface for parameter selection. By removing the current necessity for a separate measurement of each tool-holder-spindle-machine assembly, the requirements for significant measurement time, specialized measurement equipment, and trained personnel will be eliminated. This method leads to a commercially-viable approach where the spindle-machine dynamics are identified once, archived, and then used to predict the tool point dynamics for any tool-holder combination (analogous to the Human Genome Project that mapped the genes responsible for characteristics of the body). By this approach, users without measurement capabilities or knowledge of structural dynamics/chatter theory can take advantage of the substantial productivity increases and "first part correct" fabrication made possible through pre-process consideration of the milling process dynamics.

Principal Investigator:

Thomas Delio
President
7028690836
tdelio@mfg-labs.com

Business Contact:

Thomas Delio
President
7028690836
tdelio@mfg-labs.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Manufacturing Laboratories, Inc.
889 South Rainbow Blvd. PMB 690 Las Vegas, NV 89145

EIN/Tax ID: 592844488
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No