MACHINE CONTROLS A Member of the BIG DAISHOWA Group Moving into the IIoT World


No discussion of CNC development would be complete without including what developers and users are seeing in new technologies of Smart Manufactur- ing and Industry 4.0, as connected machines of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) make fast, real-time sharing of shop-fl oor data a reality. The drive toward more connected machines in the manufacturing world is starting to build momentum, as evidenced by small shop owners who previously didn’t see the need now being intrigued by the possibilities. While the demand for connected manufacturing simply hasn’t been there for the small shop, many shop managers and owners now want more.


Fagor’s Machine Dynamic Override algorithm helps operators ensure high-precision cutting with real- time adjustments as needed at the machine control.


“We have tools such as automatic transmission of data from the presetter to the machine control, and checking for run times,” said Heidenhain’s Renz. “Produc- tion data monitoring hasn’t been used as much in small- er shops, but it’s coming.” “Everyone wants data and everyone is aware of all the buzzwords and acronyms. The problem is very few cur- rently have a clear vision of what they plan to do with the


data,” said FANUC’s Schultz. “As a result, the majority of the connected manufactur- ing efforts I’ve seen to date are segmented and small in scale. At any one aerospace company, there are multiple, distinctly different efforts to do connected manufacturing. “From the FANUC CNC’s perspective, all data is available and easily acces- sible,” he added. “Accessing the data is the easy part—fi guring out what to do with the data is what most aerospace facilities I visit struggle with.” Siemens has developed multiple digital solutions to address the digital twin need


from the machine/process perspective by completely digitizing the machine, noted Siemens’ Manescu, “thus allowing the OEM to bring to market machines with up to 30% reduction in the development time, plus the part perspective which subse- quently can be run back into the virtualized environment. In such ways, non-productive machines aren’t present anymore on the shop fl oor, concepts and new avenues can be assessed and proven before the ma- chine build. Likewise, ex- pensive mistakes can be avoided before happening, so the proving tests are virtually risk-free.”


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Fagor Automation Corp. 800-423-2467 / fagorus.com


FANUC America Corp.


888-326-8287 / fanucamerica.com Heidenhain Corp.


847-490-1191 / Heidenhain.com Okuma America Corp.


704-588-7000 / okumaamerica.com Siemens Industry Inc.


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