Latest Sinumerik Update Features Improved Productivity & Precision
Siemens UK & Ireland is announcing the release of software version 4.7 for Sinumerik Operate, offering new software-supported features to increase machining precision while also improving machine productivity.
The Sinumerik Auto Servo Tuning algorithm makes it possible to optimise machine dynamics, so control loop parameters and damping filters can be automatically calculated and adjusted for drive optimisation.
Where flexible production leads to changes in the mass of workpieces, tool holders or tools on a machine, the parameters for increasing productivity and quality can be adjusted via Auto Servo Tuning.
The latest software update enables the algorithm to be activated directly via the CNC program on Sinumerik 840D sl. As a result, each time processing parameters change, processing steps are optimised, leading to superior precision and maximum productivity.
Additionally, the Adapt Jerk Filter Time (AJET) feature for Sinumerik 840D sl optimises motion sequences. AJET recognises the different phases of interpolation and fast traverse and switches between the parameters for precision and maximum acceleration.
By automatically switching between operating parameters, a machine can achieve the best possible quality during the machining phase and superior productivity during the positioning phase.
The latest software version for Sinumerik Operate also includes machine optimisations, such as improved friction compensation.
Andy Hodgson, General Manager – Motion Control, Digital Factory, Siemens UK & Ireland, said: “Friction between materials occurs in every machine tool and has a negative effect on contour accuracy. Today every Sinumerik includes friction compensation for just this reason, thereby proactively compensating for contouring errors due to static or sliding friction.”
The latest software version also offers new speed-dependent compensation for friction, better eliminating friction-dependent path deviations and ensuring consistent high contour accuracy and workpiece precision, with guided masks perfectly supporting initial operation.
Further information about Sinumerik is available at www.siemens.com/sinumerik
