tion and complex parts are genuinely programmed offline. We would estimate 60–40% in favor of offline programming, but this is a variance not just from manufacturing sector to sector, but also region to region,” Drane said. Fagor has specialized in providing an online
programming system that machin- ists can literally go from first touch to fluently creating and executing successful programs in only a matter of hours, Drane said. “The key is keeping the machinist on the same page. Multiple pages to program a single cycle is counter-intuitive,” he said. “Instead, we keep the machin- ist on the same single screen for all variables of the operation, including tooling, feeds and speeds, and even finishing pass variables. “A graphic interface is always used and an on-board CAD/CAM profile creator is a keystroke away,” he said. “We think the advancements in shop-floor programming over the past 10 years have been nothing short of remarkable. What was once thought to be impossible to do at the CNC keyboard can now be ac- complished in a matter of minutes in front of the machine.”
Built for the Shop Floor Along with easier-to-use software,
CNC developers are also adding the convenience of touchscreens to make life easier for machinists on the shop floor. Machinists now have more choices with ruggedized touch- screens like the Black line of LCD panels incorporated into Siemens’ Sinumerik CNCs. The multitouch capacitive touch-
screen technology of the Black line control panels enables machinists to work at the control even while wear- ing tough shop-floor gloves. “One of the newest things I’m seeing more of a trend of again that is coming back
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is a lot of people are looking for touchscreens for their controls,” said Randy Pearson, dealer support manager, Machine Tool Systems, Siemens Industry Inc. (Elk Grove Village, IL). “The Black line panel we had at IMTS is a multigesture touch-type panel. Some of the OEMs
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