Siemens is consistently expanding its ecosystem for the machine tool industry. For that reason, the company and its partners DMG MORI and Renishaw have introduced new offerings as part of the Siemens Xcelerator.

Most importantly, there are now even more intelligent machining applications for CNC users that seamlessly complement the Siemens solutions and deliver a high value-add based on them. Thus, the open digital business platform Siemens Xcelerator creates a powerful ecosystem of partners to jointly accelerate the digital transformation of the industry.

Renishaw: Quality monitoring of tools at the highest level

The Siemens Xcelerator offering from Renishaw consists of a solution for measuring and monitoring the condition of tools. Moreover, DMG MORI is already offering the basic system. Specifically, the solution leverages a high-precision laser system for tool measurement from Renishaw and the edge-based analysis software Analyze MyWorkpiece /Monitor from Siemens.

The condition monitoring solution enables the automatic validation of tool wear and the timely automatic replacement of worn tools. The solution also ensures the manufacturing process is traceable thanks to data evaluation.

Meanwhile, the fast tool inspection by optical scanning reduces manual intervention and therefore disruptions within the manufacturing process. The data-driven analysis approach ensures the traceability of the manufacturing process, which closes the loop in terms of quality assurance and production planning (closed-loop manufacturing).

DMG MORI: Scalable offering for the end-to-end digital twin

The manufacturer of high-precision machine tools, DMG MORI, is expanding its offering for the end-to-end digital twin for machine tool machining on the Siemens Xcelerator Marketplace. Specific solutions for the digital twin of the control system, machine, and workpiece will be presented for a variety of applications. This makes it possible to optimize machining processes long before the real machine is put into operation. Based on the digital native CNC Sinumerik One, the portfolio includes a tailored digital twin for the user – regardless of the shop floor or CAM applications.

For example, machine operators on the shop floor can purchase a digital twin package allows them to create a simple NC program on the PC. Thus, carrying out a collision check without using the machine. On the other hand, a CAM user can create sophisticated parts in a CAD environment and perform a quick initial validation of the program.

With DMG MORI’s scalable digital twin offerings, customers can now individually determine the scope of the required simulation. Furthermore, to purchase the corresponding packages.

The DMG MORI digital twin for machine tool machining helps to avoid programming errors that cause rejects and damage to the actual machine. Furthermore, it can ramp up production up to 40 percent faster. Therefore, significantly reducing the energy consumption of the real machine. Even new processes can be set up digitally while the machine is in operation.

Moreover, it also helps to reduce unproductive machine times, such as test machining, by as much as 75 percent. This is because the testing and running-in of programs is transferred from the actual machine to the virtual world.

16 September 2024