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and also some new features in machine connectivity that will further enhance operator capability. “To improve throughput and operational effi ciency, shops
are beginning to track and monitor machine utilization over a 24-hour period in an effort to minimize unproductive machine idle time,” Pfl uger said. “As part of this process, customers want to closely track machine productivity and are looking to have the machine prompt an operator when machining is com- plete or has encountered some form of alarm resulting in ma- chine stoppage. To support these new shop initiatives, Makino has created several functions for the Hyper-i control system that provide smart monitoring over machine operations.” With Makino’s Hyper-i control, users can leverage a Record page that tracks all machine process information, Pfl uger noted. “The control automatically creates a pie chart of ma- chine utilization time, which entails machining time [the time spent adding value to the workpiece], non-machine time [ma- chine movement such a tool change, wire threading, etc.], and machine idle time [the time the machine sits doing nothing].
This graphical view over machine utilization provides shops with a valuable metric on where they can improve effi ciency and increase productivity,” Pfl uger said. “All of the recorded values can also be exported in an Excel format for historic and long- term tracking.” Other features in the control include the EDM Mail for automatic updates sent to users on machine opera- tional status, and the EDM Viewer, an option for remote viewing of the machine control from a remote PC or smart device. Users of EDM equipment are seeing trends including smaller electrode sizes, increased use of exotic workpiece materials, and more performance monitoring data on parts coming off EDM machines, noted Frank Restaino, senior product engineer, Belmont Equipment & Technologies (Madi- son Heights, MI).
At IMTS, visitors to Belmont’s booth will see ways to
increase productivity through automation and electrode ma- terials, Restaino said. Belmont will have multiple Small Hole EDM Drill and sinker EDM demonstrations with an emphasis on production applications, he noted.
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