Optimal and stable machining with adaptive control
Higher productivity and process stability with Adaptive Control & Monitoring suite (ACM): Increase your productivity, reduce scrap, increase process stability and minimize production disruptions. You can achieve these goals with Siemens’ powerful adaptive control technology which is in wide use in metal-cutting industry for many years.
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The tools to achieve highest productivity
Cutting conditions vary considerably during machining, from changes in hardness within a workpiece to fluctuations in depth of cut. These result in suboptimal machining times and tool breakage. ACM Suite gives you the tools to achieve highest productivity - from minimising machining time, to timely tool breakage detection.
Lowest total cost of ownership (TCO)
ACM suite offers lowest cost of ownership over the lifetime of the machine on which it is installed. The applications require shortest machine downtime for installation and setup, minimal to none training for machine operators, and are very easy to use by technologists.
Technology from Siemens provides productivity solutions for all metal-cutting machine operations, such as milling, turning, grinding, gun drilling or gear hobbing. Depending on your needs you can enable one or both operating modes concurrently.
Higher Productivity
Manufacture more parts in less time with no changes in existing process
Increase process stability with runtime cutting tool protection and its lifetime management
Contain operating costs while increasing machine productivity
Minimal upfront investment
•Minimal Operator training
•No Machine downtime
•No Hardware components
Shortest setup for any new NC
•No NC code modifications
•No Machine downtime
•No Manual configuration
•No Continuous adjustments
Proven performance KPIs
•Tool size down to 1mm
•Cutting times under 1 sec
Adaptive process control
Optimise MyMachining /AdaptiveControl
Feed rate control optimises the machine‘s feed rate in real-time - speeding up the process when cutting conditions allow so, and slowing down when geometry, material hardness, or tool condition demand caution.
Adaptive control reduces cycle time and protects cutting tools from breakage, while preserving quality of the machined part.
Tool breakage monitoring
Optimise MyMachining /ToolMonitor
Tool monitoring focuses on the most challenging scenarios – small tools cutting in the material for very short periods of time. In addition, timely detection of tool wear and of tool overload help to prevent tool breakage outright.
Reliable detection of a broken tool, without false positive or false negative indications, is key to successful integration of breakage monitoring in automated and unsupervised machining setups.
Adaptive feedrate control in a class of its own
Different material hardnesses, accumulations of chips, variations in cutting depth and cutting width or fluctuating coolant quality result in unfavorable cutting conditions. With the Optimize MyMachining /AC-Auto adaptive feed rate control, SINUMERIK adapts the feed rate to the respective cutting condition in real time.
Adaptive control and monitoring in practical use
15% reduction in cycle times
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Utilised professional software solutions without high integration costs
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Increased production efficiency in terms of control, time and cost
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Reduced cycle times up to 15%
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Enabled forming more effective schedules for operators
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Visibility achieved by connecting machines to the cloud
Dynamic Machining
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Air cutting times are reduced
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Stress is reduced on the tool as it enters the material as a result of the lower feed rate.
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The feed rate is increased for low spindle loads.
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For extreme cutting conditions, the feed rate is reduced in order to protect the tool against overload.
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Time saving of between 7 % and 25 % per tool, depending on the workpiece and machining technique.
Shorter mass production times
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ACM speeds-up machining at locations that have been programmed too conservatively, and can be machined more quickly without damaging the tool or workpiece.
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The software identifies pending collisions and immediately stops the feed. This prevents more significant damage to the machine.
Learn More about the ACM Suite
Small tool demo: 2.5mm drill in aluminum
ACM web console: program management demo preview
Short cut demo: less than 1 sec. in material