ATLANTA -- At the WESTEC exhibition, March 26- 28, 2007, in Los Angeles, Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc. will introduce new solutions and services for machine tool manufacturers and end-users. Under the theme, “Productivity in motion,” the presentation will focus on turnkey solutions for the aerospace and job shop industries.
For machine manufacturers and end-users, Siemens will exhibit its newest innovations in CNC (computer numerical control), motor and drive technology as well as new value-added services ranging from mechatronics support and virtual production to after-market services including retrofit.
Solutions for Aerospace
For the aerospace market, the new SINUMERIK 840D solution line is the latest in CNC technology that increases performance and user productivity. The SINUMERIK 840D solution line is a universal and flexible CNC system featuring the innovative SINAMICS S120 drives and can be used for up to 31 axes. It is a distributed, scalable, open and inter-connecting system offering a wide range of specialized functions for milling, drilling, turning, grinding and handling technologies.
The 840D offers users innovative features that increase productivity on the manufacturing floor, especially the challenging segments of high-speed and five-axis aerospace machining.
Solutions for Jobshop
For the job shop, new versions of the popular ShopMill and ShopTurn software packages allow users to achieve higher productivity, simplicity and greater speed. By featuring easy, step-by-step, on-screen programming, job shops are enabled to quickly respond to customer demands by drastically reducing programming, tooling and production times.
Together with the new SINUMERIK 802D solution line CNC, job shops are given the edge over the competition. The 802D is an operator panel-based control system that combines the numerical control (NC), the programmable logic controller (PLC) and the human machine interface (HMI) in a single unit. It has the capability of five-axis machining (two of which may be spindles) and is the ideal solution for the low- and medium-range milling and turning machine markets.
End-users will benefit from increased efficiency and productivity; convenient operation and programming through advanced programming support such as Siemens’ ShopMill and ShopTurn;
and perfect handling through the use of compact flash (CF) cards for the storage, transmission and processing of part programs. Additionally, PROFINET, the standard industrial Ethernet, and PROFIBUS protocols are used for machine tool communication.
Solutions for Global Services
Mechatronics Support allows OEMs to design their machines in a cooperative partnership with Siemens experts — from the machine’s concept all the way through to completion. Such cooperation enables machine tool builders to work very closely with Siemens as their expert and supplier of control and drives technology. Working together with the OEM’s engineers, Siemens will develop innovative ideas and end-user-specific machine concepts that are tailored exactly to their needs. Each solution comes equipped with state-of-the-art CNC technology and the ultimate in functionality. Mechatronics Support is also available for existing machines. In this case, Siemens will focus on the interaction between the mechanical components and the electrical drives to improve the precision and productivity of a machine.
Virtual Production is a service that offers the testing and optimization of numerical control programs that will be used on high-quality machine workpieces. The NC program is simulated at various interfaces in the integrated system where speed characteristics as well as surface quality are analyzed on the virtual workpiece. Machining time can be reduced or part surface quality can be greatly improved by optimizing the NC program.
The exhibition will also focus on retrofit, field service, customer service, spare parts and repair, all of which support the machine tool manufacturer and end-user.
About Siemens
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. is one of Siemens’ operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. manufactures and markets one of the world’s broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems. For more information:
www.sea.siemens.com.
Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $107.4 billion in fiscal 2006. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $21.4 billion and employs approximately 67,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 475,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States:
www.usa.siemens.com