SOFTWARE UPDATE NEWS ABOUT DIGITAL MANUFACTURING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE
Taking a Virtual Factory Approach in New Tooling Management Systems for the IIoT
s Manufacturing Engineering: What’s new with your
company’s tool management software? Daniel Speidel: 2017 will be an historic time for TDM Systems. We have released our next generation of products that includes two product areas of our software portfolio— standard server/client TDM with TDM 2017 and a new fl ag- ship cloud-based software, Global Line. These products will be developed in parallel so whatever developments are made in Global Line will also be available in TDM 2017. This was our strategy to support our existing customer base, and give ground-breaking technology advances to new customers. These product lines will be developed in parallel for some time. We have enhanced our standard TDM 2017 server/ client software with a new look and feel, along with many internal advances. TDM has developed an advanced map- ping engine [AME] for CAM systems. AME provides the CAM system with program-ready tooling graphics in the specifi c orientation and format of that particular CAM system, along with tool defi nition parameters and speed and feed data.
Our totally new software platform is called Global Line, which is a multitier cloud-based application. Its fi rst release will include standard TDM functionality regarding compo- nent, tool assemblies, a list of tools for an NC program and graphical information, as well as completely new modules for commodity management with TDM Flex Crib. TDM Flex Crib creates a virtual factory that allows you to manage the inventory in the toolcrib, and to see where your inventory is being used in the plant or at a specifi c machine. TDM Global
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Line will also include what we call MPC [Machine Process Control], a machine tool dashboard showing all of the con- nected machines and what job and tools are currently at the machine. A connection to the machine also indicates what tools are currently in use and tracks the tool life of tools. There is a red, yellow, and green indicator for graphical feed- back on what tool life is remaining on the tool. This will allow for replenishment orders to be sent to the crib to assemble and, where possible, preset the tooling to ensure precision replacements. The idea is to keep production running and increase your total Overall Equipment Effectiveness [OEE]. ME: How has manufacturing’s move toward Industry 4.0/ Smart Manufacturing affected tool management? Speidel: TDM Systems has been working towards this for a long time. TDM has always tried to convert our customers and prospects about the digital movement and its benefi ts. Now it has become a mainstream concept to handle tool- ing data digitally. We have seen an increase in companies researching what technology is on the market to help them
“MPC [Machine Process Control] is a machine tool dashboard showing all of the connected machines and what job and tools are currently at the machine.”
become a smart factory. TDM has been a leader in this movement for about 27 years and renewing our software solutions as technology advances. Tool management now is about transparency, not only in tooling stock, but more about capturing process data. This is why our strategy was to address the ‘Tool Lifecycle Management’ concept. TDM Systems brought Tool Lifecycle Management to a new level. Internet of Things [IoT], Smart Factory and Industry 4.0 demand data exchange throughout the whole company from
Daniel Speidel
Director of Sales, North America TDM Systems Inc. (Schaumburg, IL)
www.tdmsystems.com
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