High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Integrating shop-floor virtual environments with real machining cell data
H.M.C. Vale, C. Oliveira & A.J.V. Porto
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brazil
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a study which aims to integrate a virtual environment and a real machining
cell based on two different methods of data acquisition: video images status and MTConnect open communication
protocol. The system allows the user to visualize real machining cell operations through a shop floor virtual
environment in real time. Users can interact with the virtual model through an immersive