ISO 13399 (
Cutting tool data representation and exchange) is an international
technical standard
A technical standard is an established norm or requirement for a repeatable technical task which is applied to a common and repeated use of rules, conditions, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, ...
by ISO (the
International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...
) for the
computer-interpretable representation and exchange of industrial product data about
cutting tools
In the context of machining, a cutting tool or cutter is typically a hardened metal tool that is used to cut, shape, and remove material from a workpiece by means of machining tools as well as abrasive tools by way of shear deformation. The majori ...
and toolholders. The objective is to provide a mechanism capable of describing product data regarding cutting tools,
independent from any particular system. The nature of this description makes it suitable not only for neutral file exchange (free of
proprietary format
A proprietary file format is a file format of a company, organization, or individual that contains data that is ordered and stored according to a particular encoding-scheme, designed by the company or organization to be secret, such that the decodi ...
constraints), but also as a basis for implementing and sharing product
database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases sp ...
s and archiving, regarding cutting tools.
Typically ISO 13399 can be used to
exchange data between
computer-aided design
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve c ...
(CAD),
computer-aided manufacturing
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) also known as computer-aided modeling or computer-aided machining is the use of software to control machine tools in the manufacturing of work pieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most ...
(CAM),
computer-aided engineering
Computer-aided engineering (CAE) is the broad usage of computer software to aid in engineering analysis tasks. It includes , , , durability and optimization. It is included with computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) ...
(CAE),
tool management
Tool management is needed in Manufacturing, metalworking so that the information regarding the tools on hand can be uniformly organized and integrated. The information is stored in a database and is registered and applied using tool management. T ...
software,
product data management Product data management (PDM) should not be confused with product information management (PIM). PDM is the name of a business function within product lifecycle management (PLM) that is denotes the management and publication of product data. In soft ...
(PDM/EDM),
manufacturing resource planning
Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) is defined as a method for the effective planning of all resources of a manufacturing company. Ideally, it addresses operational planning in units, financial planning, and has a simulation capability to a ...
(MRP) or
enterprise resource planning
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology. ERP is usually referred to as a category of Business management tools, business management ...
(ERP), and other
computer-aided technologies
Computer-aided technologies (CAx) is the use of computer technology to aid in the design, analysis, and manufacture of products.
Advanced CAx tools merge many different aspects of the product lifecycle management (PLM), including design, finite ...
(CAx) and systems.
The usage of the ISO 13399 standard will simplify the exchange of data for cutting tools. Expected results are lower cost for managing the information about tools and a more accurate and efficient usage of manufacturing resources. The ISO 13399 has been developed with contributions from
AB Sandvik Coromant, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Kennametal Inc, and Ferroday Ltd.
ISO 13399 is developed and maintained by the ISO technical committee TC 29,
Small tools, sub-committee WG34. Like other ISO and IEC standards ISO 13399 is copyright by ISO and is not freely available. Other standards developed and maintained by ISO TC29/WG34 are:
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Structure
ISO 13399 is divided into several parts:
* Part 1: Overview, fundamental principles and general information model
* Part 2: Reference dictionary for cutting items
* Part 3: Reference dictionary for tool items
* Part 4: Reference dictionary for adaptive items
* Part 5: Reference dictionary for assembly items
* Part 50: Reference dictionary for reference systems and common concepts
* Part 60: Reference dictionary for connection systems
* Part 100: Definitions, principles and methods for reference dictionaries
* Part 150: Usage guidelines
ISO 13399 defines a data model for cutting tool information using the
EXPRESS modelling language. Application data according to this data model can be exchanged either by a
STEP-File,
STEP-XML
For product and manufacturing information, STEP-XML is a short term for ISO 10303-28, ''Industrial automation systems and integration—Product data representation and exchange—Part 28: Implementation methods: XML representations of EXPRESS sche ...
or via shared database access using
SDAI ISO 10303-22 is a part of the ''implementation methods'' of STEP with the official title Standard data access interface or simply SDAI.
SDAI defines an ''abstract'' Application Programming Interface (API) to work on application data according to a ...
.
The dictionary (reference data library) of ISO 13399 currently uses PLIB (ISO 13584, IEC 61360).
Future of ISO13399
External links
STEP Ship team ISO TC 184/SC 4/WG 3/T 23The STEP Module Repository on SourceForgeCAx Implementor Forum- information on existing implementations and testing activities
STEP APPLICATION HANDBOOK ISO 10303 VERSION 3WikiSTEP- tutorial and overview information about STEP and recommended practises
ISO 13399 Maintenance Agency (French/English)STEP File Analyzer and Viewer
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