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An open machine NC (numerical control) initiative spearheaded by Okuma America Corp. has established a demonstration and training facility at its Charlotte, NC, headquarters. The 24 companies in the Thinc (The Intelligent Numerical Control) partnership include toolmakers Kennametal and Sandvik, robotics manufacturers Fanuc and ABB, and metrology firms Hexagon and Blum.
The goal of the partnership is to develop an open architecture numerical control for manufacturing that uses off-the-shelf components from partners in the venture. The demonstration facility shows machines with a variety of tooling, robotics, software, and accessories working in a variety of combinations. The benefit of thinc, according to Okuma, is that the control can be upgraded and modified to incorporate new technology once it’s installed on the factory floor. The current Thinc specification is a 1.6GHz Pentium M processor with 256MB RAM (1GB maximum) and a 20GB hard drive.
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