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| Productivity-Boosting Systems |
|  The Siemens booth, with its two futuristic cylinders, will showcase numerous interesting innovations.
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| Integrated Safety |
|  The topic of operational safety is top of the list next to continuous processes in the hardening shop. Wherever high loads are moved, metal parts heated up to more than 1,000 °C and furnaces fed by automatic loading devices, potential hazards for man and material must be eliminated by a comprehensive safety concept. Two examples at the Bodycote Wärmebehandlung GmbH show how the combination of wireless communication and integrated safety functions protect man and machine reliably and economically.
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| Ultra-fast from "Down Under" |
|  H&H Machine Tools has developed a 5-axes high-speed mill for a renowned Malaysian aerospace supplier. The Australian partner of Siemens CNC Design provided the automation of the ultra-fast "Ultra 5" with Sinumerik 840D, Simodrive 611D and linear motors 1FN3.
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| Dynamic Models |
|  Using a parallel kinematic design construction, the operators of the low-speed wind tunnel (Niedergeschwindigkeitswindkanal, NWB) in Brunswick, Germany are able to achieve never-before-seen dynamic load results, enabling aircraft designs such as those for the new Airbus A380 to be optimized with very little effort. Six Simodrive 1FN3 linear motors and a Sinumerik 840D NC control form the heart of the "Model Positioning Mechanism" (MPM).
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| Doing the Work of Three |
| Less than three years after opening its doors in Orangeburg, South Carolina, aba z&b USA, Inc. is already making its mark in the surface and profile grinding machine markets. The firm headed by Leonard Cody is the U.S. branch of aba z&b Schleiffmaschinen GmbH, a globally active machine tool builder based in Reutlingen, Germany which specializes in on-site rebuild and field services of existing machines, as well as in new machines, installations and spare parts replacement for aba z&b grinders. The company recently installed a Sinumerik 840D CNC to replace three processors and independent operating systems on what is considered to be the world's largest creep feed grinding machine - with highly satisfactory results.
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| Cost-Effective in Every Sense |
| The situation was not a good one at the Honeywell Engine and Systems facility in Greer, South Carolina, which produces turbine engine components for use primarily in high nickel-based aircraft materials. Three creep feed grinders controlled by PLCs with a positioning capability had become prone to failures and crashes. As a result, two of the machines were no longer in use. The integration of a Sinumerik 802D proved a very cost- and production-efficient retrofit solution.
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| A Perfect Team |
|  Using the new Sinumerik platform, the Sinumerik solution line (sl) with Sinamics drives in a universal lathe demonstrates the manifold capabilities of the new CNC control generation. The open architecture facilitates the integration of manufacturer-specific software, and the interaction with the Sinamics drives offers new possibilities in error diagnosis. Pilot project user, Helmut Kottmaier, is pleased with the results.
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| Take Off to Maximum Precision |
|  Today, structural parts of modern aircraft are manufactured from cut, unmachined parts which place enormous demands on the machines and controls utilized. Maximum cutting performance, precision and surface quality is achieved with state-of-the-art five-axis HSC machining centers. The Handtmann company has equipped all of its newest machines with Sinumerik 840D control systems.
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| Increased Productivity and Dynamic Performance |
|  With the utilization of linear motors, Fooke has managed to combine market wishes with the possibilities of modern technology. The Endura 900 linear unites performance with rigidity to achieve above-average productivity and accuracy in tool and mold construction.
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| MTU relies on Mikron machines with Sinumerik |
|  The aerospace engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines has chosen UCP 1150, five-axis machines made by the Swiss company Mikron for machining turbine and compressor disks. MTUs prerequisite was the inclusion of a Sinumerik 840D. This control has been available for a short time as an option for this machine series. The Siemens control was successfully installed in cooperation with Siemens Chemnitz. Excellent results are being achieved with the Mikron UCP 1150 in this configuration.
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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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| Deep hole drilling machine for connecting rod production |
|  The company Loch Präzisionsbohrtechnik GmbH specializes in deep hole drilling machines. Purchasers of these machines include automotive manufacturers around the world. One machine was delivered to Volkswagen Shanghai only a short time ago. The fully automatic, extremely precise machines are equipped with Siemens control systems and safety engineering.
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| A Viable Alternative to Buying New |
|  Total Control Services of Charlotte, NC recently performed a complete retrofit of controls and drives on a Safop lathe at Allvac, the Monroe, NC provider of high-performance superalloys for aerospace and other markets.
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| Traori transforms five-axis machining |
|  Cutting new high-strength materials, more complex and thin-wall part geometries and a need for more dynamic tool control are the challenges posed to high-speed machining in the aerospace industry. IMTA, a machine tool importer, is working with Sinumerik CNC technology to create new control solutions for these problems.
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| Sinumerik CNC makes it possible |
|  Superior high-speed five-axis machining is a given in a company whose founder is credited with "adding a decimal place to the industry". But when the engineers at Moore Tool developed their latest machine, they pushed the envelope further, creating a line of five-sided precision machining centers tailored for the toughest markets.
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