Siemens will be showcasing new applications for Sinumerik Edge, the machine-level platform specifically targeting the machine tool industry, at the Hannover Messe 2019.
Visitors will have the chance to experience the edge application Analyze MyWorkpiece /Capture, which enables real-time data surrounding every aspect of workpiece machining to be recorded. Coordinated to work with this application is the CNC shopfloor management application Analyze MyWorkpiece /Toolpath, which allows the acquired data to be visualized and analyzed. Siemens will also be showcasing an edge application in the field of machine condition monitoring in the form of its new Analyze MyMachine /Condition. The new application allows machine tool users to record all kinds of workpiece, tool and tool path data with a high temporal resolution.
With its Sinumerik Edge portfolio, Siemens is providing a machine-level platform designed specifically for machine tools featuring a range of software applications capable of capturing high-frequency data generated during machine tool operation, which is then processed, analyzed and forwarded to higher-level systems. Using the platform approach means that the edge applications offer practically unlimited scope in terms of their function within a secured ecosystem. Other benefits provided by the platform include simple connection to the Sinumeric controller, a security infrastructure and the facility for users to program their own edge applications.
With its new edge applications Analyze MyWorkpiece /Capture and Analyze MyMachine /Condition as well as the Optimize My Machining /Trochoidal application designed to significantly extend tool life by means of trochoidal milling, Siemens is now offering applications which address the three main value drivers of edge computing in the machine tool sector: Process quality, machine condition and productivity improvement.
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