“It’s all about the road to digitalization,” said Randy Pear-
son, international business manager, Siemens Industry Inc. (Elk Grove Village, IL). Manufacturers today are tying more into PLM, and at the show Siemens will display its latest advances in its Sinumerik Operate version 4.7 software for Siemens Sinumerik CNCs, which Pearson said includes ad- ditional cycles, improved graphics and multi-touch touch- screen capabilities.
Siemens also will add larger screens to its Sinumerik 828 mid-range controls, as well as introducing an auto-tuning feature in the controls for optimizing machine performance. “One of the things that we’re working on was to make them more self-reliant,” Pearson said of the new Auto Servo Tuning functionality.
In addition, Siemens will show new features of its Run By
Robot programming, adding the new Robot by Robot Han- dling, for pick-and-place systems, Pearson added, and Run by Robot Machining, for operations such as deburring and chamfering, that include postprocessors for KUKA robots and other robotic automation. Easier-to-use, more connected machine tool equipment ranks very high on manufacturers’ wish lists, and FANUC will showcase new solutions that improve programming automation, noted Paul Webster, manager, CNC Engineering, FANUC America Corp. (Rochester Hills, MI). “We are seeing a lot of interest in ease-of-use and connectivity. Machine tool builders and integrators are looking for CNCs and robots that can be easily connected to existing networks,” Webster said. “Single-machine or single-robot solu- tions are becoming less common as more of our customers are looking at the manufacturing process as a whole. They want fewer touchpoints to control the process.” At IMTS, FANUC will showcase its full line of CNC, robotics, and Roboma- chine products, Webster noted. “We will also feature some of our new Industrial Internet of Things [IIoT] technologies including Zero Downtime [ZDT], a cloud- based data analysis system that can
predict and prevent unexpected downtime, and the new FA- NUC Intelligent Edge Link and Drive [FIELD] system,” Webster said. “The FIELD system will deliver advanced analytics and deep learning capabilities for FANUC CNCs, robots, peripheral devices, and sensors used in automation systems.
“It’s all about the road to digitalization.”
“It’s always exciting to see the different ways our custom- ers and integrators work our products into their displays,” Webster added. “There is really no limit to the ways you can use our products, and every year at IMTS there are a few ap- plications that really grab peoples’ attention.” Key trends in CNCs include data communication and ex- traction, the machine tool communicating with other devices, and a higher degree of automation, noted Julian Renz, prod- uct specialist, TNC products, Heidenhain Corp. (Schaumburg,
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