Dr. Martin Hardwick Presents "STEP-NC and 21st Century Manufacturing"
at the National Design Engineering Show 2003, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Belinda Jones, 860-767-9506
HiTech Marketing LLC
belinda.jones@hitechmarketing.com
Troy, New York - February 24, 2003 -
STEP Tools, Inc. ,
announced today Dr. Martin Hardwick, president and CEO of STEP Tools,
will speak at the National Design Engineering Show, McCormick Place
(Chicago, IL) from March 3-6, 2003. Dr. Hardwick will present a
paper on "STEP-NC and 21st Century Manufacturing" on Wednesday, March 5,
from 10:45am - 12:00pm, during the conference entitled "The Role of
Feature-based Analysis and Manufacturing in the Product Realization Process",
held in Track 2 - Manufacturing & Industrial Automation. Dr. Hardwick is
the international team leader of the STEP Manufacturing group and has
lead the development efforts of the Super Model - STEP-NC Project in the
United States. He is a twenty year veteran in the field of product data
structures, data exchange and data integration.
Dr. Hardwick will cover the progression of STEP-NC and industry
participation in the Phase One Implementers program. He will bring
the audience up to the most recent STEP-NC developments as shown at
the 6th Industrial Review Board (IRB) Meeting held with NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in January 2003. STEP Tools and JPL showed
what a typical manufacturing scenario would be like using STEP-NC -
showing how machinists would receive a STEP-NC part via the web or
traditional means, program the job with a logical step-by-step "wizard-like"
approach, and in return get feedback on production schedules, machining strategy,
tool selection, tolerances, and areas of particular complexity.
The next major STEP-NC demonstration will be held at the NIST
meeting at Gaithersburg, MD, on June 4 and 5, 2003. STEP (Standard
for Product Data Exchange) is a comprehensive ISO standard for
CAD design data. STEP-NC, the manufacturing extension of this
international standard, annotates the design information with
manufacturing data. STEP became a full ISO standard in 1994. STEP-NC
is on its way to becoming a Draft International Standard this year.
About STEP Tools, Inc.
STEP Tools, Inc. is a leading international supplier of professional
STEP software toolsets (based on ISO standards) for application
software developers, design firms and manufacturing companies in
diverse industries. The STEP Tools product line is used by the world's
foremost firms to leverage STEP and STEP-NC technology to facilitate
the sharing of engineering product information. Over one million end
users utilize product data applications built with ST-Developer, the
company's flagship product. The company offers a suite of software
solutions in several languages that integrate with existing tools and
database systems, and also provide cross-platform compatibility and
ease-of-use for streamlined development. The emerging STEP-NC
technology is yielding process improvements including a 35% reduction
in path planning time, a 75% reduction in paper drawings generated for
the shop-floor, and a 50% improvement in machining time for small to
mid-sized job lots. For late-breaking information, contact STEP
Tools, Inc. by calling (518) 687-2848, email: info@steptools.com or visit www.steptools.com.
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