Reviewing of STEP-NC standards related to manufacturing industries

Abstract

Modern programming for computer numerical control (CNC) Machine tools, which is advancing as a replacement to G code, is STEP- NC (Standard for Product Model Data Exchange for Numerical Control). STEP-NC is a current model for computer numerical control. It gives rich information about CNC machine tools. This paper reviews a chain of STEP-NC standards related to manufacturing industries across the globe. The Standards for STEP NC and STEP ISO14649 and ISO10303 have been sophisticated to insert interoperability into manufacturing projects to meet the defy of reacting to production on request. This paper highlighted reviews of the research been performed by different countries and researchers for the last 20 years. The authors believed that STEP-NC is one enabler in the eventuality that will be reached. In the future, the feedback part and online control for the CNC system should be included to achieve a smart and global manufacturing system.