are going more toward this direction where they get away from hard buttons,” Pearson said, “and they go with one or two touch panels on their machine for the operator interfaces.
ture as FANUC’s higher-end controls. The 0i-F is the company’s successor to the 0i-D control, and it’s aimed at up to four-axis machining applications for job shops.
Three new functions to Siemens’ Sinumerik Operate HMI make it easier for machinists to program milling and turning machines.
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“Due to the prevalence of all the iPhones and An- droids and iPads, it’s one thing where they can touch and move around on everything,” Pearson said. “It’s got to be more rugged than the phones. The multi- touch capacitive screens in the panels don’t require skin contact, so operators can work on the panel with their gloves on.” Siemens has also invested in improved
software with its Sinumerik Operate offering used with all of the company’s controls. At Aerodef in Dallas, Siemens added the new Sinumerik Integrate pro- duction software with new IT tools for part data and process management, while also introducing three new cycle functions to the Sinumerik Operate human-machine interface (HMI) that improve programming of turning and milling machines.
Unifi ed Control Architecture With its new Series 0i-F CNC intro- duced at IMTS, FANUC America Corp. (Rochester Hills, MI) introduced a new cost-effective, entry-level control that incorporated the same control architec-
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“The 0i-F integrates everything together with the seamless control architecture,” said Paul Webster, CNC engineering manager, Fanuc America. “It’s the same form, fi t and function—from an operation and main- tenance standpoint, it’s all the same. This allows machinists, maintenance and manage- ment to have the same platform across the board, and more easily learn and integrate new systems into the manufacturing frame- work. A lot of the driving development is that they all work the same.” In addition to the 0i-F CNC’s commonality of design, the control features a 15" (381-mm) display option, built-in Bluetooth technology and digital servo adapter with a new Ether- CAT interface. The 0i-F CNC has common operability, maintainability and the same networking options as the Series 30i CNC plus a highly compatible PMC ladder, translating to easier operation and maintenance. The new control succeeds FANUC’s highest- selling control ever, the 0i-D, Webster said, noting that in machine controls, reliability is paramount.
Bosch Rexroth’s IndraMotion MTX micro CNC platform allows fi ve-axis interpolation, making it highly functional with a lower cost.
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