Siemens unveils path to “Empowering the Digital Machine Shop” at IMTS 2024

Abstract

At IMTS 2024 in Chicago, September 9–14, Siemens will showcase its extensive portfolio of CNC machine tools and digitization software technology, highlighted by the digital native SINUMERIK ONE control platform for machining applications. In addition, using the sporty theme of “Speed, Agility and Toughness” aimed at the machining shop on the path to digitization, Siemens will introduce MACHINUM to the North American market.

MACHINUM combines machine tool control, digitization software and machine shop services from Siemens to help manufacturers optimize their production processes, provide the flexibility to quickly adapt to changing customer requirements and calculated uptime needs, and enable digitally validated durability to maximize the efficiency of the entire machine shop or production department.

Detailed discussion of MACHINUM elements:

Speed: Siemens adaptive feed control shortens cycle times while maintaining a stable machining process. This is due to immediate and continuous analysis of current cutting conditions on the machine in real time, automatically optimizing feed.

Flexibility: Through strategic digitalization and software that seamlessly integrates CNC machine tool systems and internal shop floor communications, MACHINUM can significantly increase the flexibility of a machine shop or production department, enabling it to adapt to changes in design, product volume, and even machining characteristics, based on customer input and the overall manufacturing environment and workflow.

Durability: Continuing with the sports theme, over the long term MACHINUM enables a higher level of maintainability thanks to leading “state of the art” machine monitoring that anticipates potential problems before they escalate. This results in reduced costs and significantly less machine downtime due to unplanned maintenance. This feature is particularly useful for interconnected and sequential production lines.


MACHINUM also offers significant benefits to machine builders, as Siemens’ integrated digital twin technology enables more streamlined off-machine programming and simulation of machining in the office environment. This approach facilitates faster lead times, more accurate design specifications on the final machine, faster component procurement near build time, and reduced costly downtime due to last-minute design changes because they are anticipated, simulated, and resolved, all in the virtual world. MACHINUM also represents the integration of existing Siemens digitalization software such as Create MyVirtual Machine, Run MyVirtual Machine, Adaptive Control and Monitoring (ACM), Analyze MyWorkpiece, and Manage MyMachines.


Under the slogan “Empowering the Digital Machining Workshop,” Siemens will showcase its digital threads, from design to finished part, from digital twin to simulation, part production, and the complete integration of these processes in a digital factory for shop floors and production departments. All of this will be brought to life by Siemens hardware for automation and digitalization.

eRod continues its journey

Building on the successful launch of its eRod “electric buggy” at IMTS 2022, Siemens will present the end-to-end production of the aluminum wheel rim and gear housing for this electric vehicle, which will be exhibited at the stand. The wheel rim is manufactured using traditional 5-axis and multi-technology machining (milling-turning, turning-milling), while the gear housing is manufactured using additive/subtractive machining processes. At every stage of the development of each part, including machining, the exhibits will guide visitors through the digital production process. From the popular Siemens NX CAM software, which leverages 3D models, data and processes to seamlessly connect planning and shop floor operations, to the powerful SINUMERIK ONE, a digital native CNC that enables a machine’s digital twin and full operation in production, Siemens has streamlined machine shop operations and operates manufacturing plants worldwide in the automotive, aerospace, off-highway, medical and countless durable consumer goods industries.

Additional attractions at the Siemens stand

With a vision to develop a complete ecosystem for machine tool builders and end users, the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio combines a broad range of engineering and manufacturing solutions to provide the optimal solution for customers of any size and in any industry.


Digitalization solutions will shorten the manufacturer’s time to market with Digital Twin technology, where all machine designs and operational kinematics are simulated before they are built. This development enables significant savings for both the manufacturer and the end user – not only in the design, build and commissioning phases, but also in the start-up and training phases of machine implementation.


With SINUMERIK ONE, Siemens is accelerating the digital transformation of the machine tool industry. The new CNC control platform works with software to create a machine controller and the associated digital twin from a single engineering system, thus contributing to the complete integration of hardware and software. With seamless interaction between the virtual and real worlds, including a powerful PLC, drive and motor equipment, SINUMERIK ONE sets new standards in terms of productivity, efficiency and digitalization. It is the machine controller of the future in an increasingly digital world of production.


With the options Create MyVirtual Machine and Run MyVirtual Machine, SINUMERIK ONE is equipped with software that enables the implementation of a universal digital twin concept, efficient hardware and integrated IT security, making it a future-proof CNC system.

Using Mcenter, an open and modular platform for efficient shop floor operation, end users can seamlessly connect all their machines and networks to the company’s IT infrastructure.

About Siemens

Siemens Corporation is the American subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global powerhouse focused on power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Through its separately managed subsidiary Siemens Mobility, a leading provider of intelligent mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens shapes the global market for passenger and freight services. Through its majority stakes in the publicly traded companies Siemens Healthineers AG and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Siemens is also a leading global provider of medical technology and digital healthcare services, as well as environmentally friendly solutions for onshore and offshore wind energy. For more than 160 years, the company has innovated and invented technologies that support the American manufacturing, energy, healthcare and infrastructure industries. In fiscal 2018, Siemens USA reported revenues of $23.7 billion, including $5.0 billion in exports, and employs approximately 50,000 people in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

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