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| Test Run - As Close As It Gets |
|  Previously, anyone who wanted to simulate production processes on the computer could not do without complex simulation programs which could only be operated by specially trained employees. A new Siemens Solution Partner is now offering a solution which even small companies can afford, and which combines simple operation with intelligent 3D technology.
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| Turning and Milling from "X" to "Z" |
| The British machine tool manufacturer, XYZ-Machine Tools, has decided to enter into a partnership with the controller manufacturer Siemens. Both XYZ's vertical machining centers and turning centers will be fitted with Sinumerik as standard.
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| Standard in the Workshop |
|  For years, Sinumerik and ShopMill have been contributing their share toward ensuring the success of the Endres company of Seligenporten, Germany. This medium-size firm is further expanding, a fact that testifies to the satisfaction of its customers concerning its high-speed, flexible and precise CNC machining in small to medium-size batches. At Endres, small as well as large parts up to 14 meters in length are programmed on all of the machines either from sample parts or directly from drawings, and usually in the workshop.
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| Ultrasonic sensor ensures tool change |
|  Machine tools benefit today from as short as possible tool change intervals. Also decisive for their success is the certainty that the necessary tool is in the magazine in the right place at the right time. The tool change systems of a leading Swabian equipper are fitted with ultrasonic proximity switches for this purpose.
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| Bridgehead in the Middle Kingdom |
|  Gildemeister is one of the most important manufacturers of metal cutting machine tools in the world to dare to take the step to China using its own production facility. From the very start Gildemeister has been working closely with Siemens and is now firmly established in the Chinese market.
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| Siemens at CIMT 2005 |
|  One of the highlights of Siemens presentation at CIMT in Peking is the Sinumerik 802D solution line (sl) together with the new drive platform Sinamics S120. The Siemens booth offers an overview of the comprehensive range of products, solutions and services for users and manufacturers of machine tools.
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| Solutions for Powertrain in Gear Production at VW |
|  In a gear production system for Volkswagen Siemens utilizes Solutions for Powertrain-Transline to demonstrate its expertise in solutions as a systems provider in hardware, engineering and support. The concept based on Sinumerik and Simatic products permitted a smooth start-up and allows trouble-free expansions by the gear manufacturer.
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| Sinumerik processes artificial eye lenses |
|  The HumanOptics AG develops and produces high-tech products for eye surgery. There include, above all, artificial intra-ocular lenses which are implanted in place of the natural lenses in gray cataract operations. One of the companys most innovative products is an accomodative intra-ocular lens, the focal length of which can be set by the eye muscle. The use of CNC technology with Sinumerik considerably reduces the production time in the manufacture of these lenses and therefore guarantees the competitiveness of the successful newcomer.
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| Improved Efficiency for Mould and Die |
|  The recent tendencies for machine tools imported to Brazil to incorporate CNCs has made it possible to implement the Sinumerik 802D control for small and medium-sized 3D-mould-and-die machining. Due to the excellent performance in comparison to other competitors and its competitive price, it has turned out to be a great solution for these applications.
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| Lathes for oil field equipment |
| Yes, work that used to be restricted to manual lathes can be produced on a CNC machine. Weiler Machine Tools, a manufacturer of such semi-CNC lathes for the oil field equipment industry, says customers are learning just how handy CNC can be.
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