WebMachining: Implementation of a Collaborative CAD/CAPP/CAM System for E- Manufacturing Through the Internet

This work presents a description of the implementation of the WebMachining methodology and system (http://WebMachining.AlvaresTech.com) developed in a context of e-Mfg, aiming at integrating CAD/CAPP/CAM for the remote manufacturing of cylindrical parts through the Internet. The methodology and its implementation are conceived starting from the modelling paradigm based on synthesis by design features, in order to allow the integration of the activities of collaborative design (WebCADbyFeatures), generative process planning (WebCAPP) and production (WebTurning). The system is implemented in a distributed environment of agents (agents' community), whose architecture is stratified in three levels: design, Process Planning and Production; being adopted Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (KQML) as the language pattern of messages among the design, process planning and production agents.