Part Planning and Validation
Define and execute optimized part manufacturing process plans
Benefits
• Shorten the process
planning cycle
• Access the latest and most
accurate information from
a central location
• Efficiently manage NC data
• Transfer plan data directly
to shop floor systems
• Establish and maintain
regulatory compliance
• Maximize the re-use of
standard manufacturing
processes and resources
• Reduce errors and delays
on the shop floor
• Maximize the value of high
cost production equipment
Summary
Tecnomatix® software’s Part Planning and Validation applications enable
part manufacturing companies to accurately and efficiently define the manufacturing process plan and directly connect it to production systems. Once
plans are completed, integrated production applications are available to
transfer the plan data directly to the CNC machine for execution. Adopting a
single source of data enables fast, easy access to the correct information and
supports effective communication of the manufacturing plan to production.
Business value
In most activities, successful execution is the result of good planning.
Similarly, the value of effective part
manufacturing planning is realized
downstream in efficient transfer to
and production on the shop floor.
During part manufacturing planning,
manufacturers define a production
process that covers both the methods
and resources required to make a
component. Any errors made during
the planning phase are typically
compounded in the execution of that
manufacturing plan. It can be thousands of times more costly to correct
mistakes discovered on the shop or factory floor than to make adjustments
and revisions during pre-production planning.
The accuracy of the plan, the speed of the planning process and the ability to
efficiently transfer plan data to production systems are major contributing
factors in achieving product delivery targets.
Accurately define the part manufacturing plan
Digital manufacturing technologies provide the key enablers to support
accurate, timely definition and validation of the part manufacturing plan.
Managing the data used and created by key process and resource definition
applications, such as NC programming or tool design, is a key element of a
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manufacturing instructions at the machine
tool, providing the next level of confidence
that the plan is successfully delivered.
Maximize productivity
Part Planner is provided as a key application within a generalized part manufacturing solution that resides in a PLM environment driven by Teamcenter® software.
This PLM environment provides complimentary applications including CAM data
management and reporting solutions.
part manufacturing planning solution. For
each manufactured part, the volume of
data involved across the definition of the
manufacturing plan for that part can be
many times greater than the data created
during the part design phase. Product data
and process management capabilities
provide data security and change control
throughout the planning activity.
Depending on the complexity of the
manufacturing process, the definition of
the manufacturing plan can require
operation sequencing, an element of the
task sometimes referred to as process
planning. Ideally, manufacturing companies define the process plan in the same
environment they use to manage their
manufacturing data, thereby ensuring a
single source of information and eliminating problems caused by data duplication.
Likewise, it is important to access and use
the correct planning data on the shop
floor. By connecting the shop floor direct
numerical control (DNC) system to the
manufacturing planning data management
environment, machine operators and shop
floor managers have direct and secure
access to NC files and work instructions.
On the shop floor, the DNC system enables
personnel to view, compare, and execute
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Key capabilities
Part Planner is provided as a key
application within a generalized part
manufacturing solution that resides in
a PLM environment driven by Teamcenter®
software. This PLM environment provides
complimentary applications including CAM
data management and reporting solutions.
Resource Manager, also delivered in a
Teamcenter environment, provides an
extensible library structure for managing
all types of resources from cutting tools,
fixtures, and gauges to machine tools,
robots, welding guns, and process
templates. Resources are shared by the
planning department and used to generate
NX™ CAM machining data, produce tool
setup sheets, and automate creation of
work instructions.
provides shop floor managers and machine
tool operators with capabilities to easily
organize, manage, and transfer the correct
NC programs. Tool lists from the manufacturing plan can be read by TDI to ensure
proper tool life and availability so that
plans are properly executed in production.
Shop Floor Connect is a web-based addon application for Teamcenter that completes the chain for a seamless production
process in part manufacturing. More than
just a traditional DNC system, the connection to the centralized Teamcenter database avoids data duplication and manages
revisions to make sure the correct manufacturing data is used on the shop floor.
It also enables your production staff to
access current and released CNC programs,
drawings, 3D models and other sources
through a web-based user interface that
runs on any browser-enabled device or
controller. If edits to NC programs are
allowed to be made at the machine tool,
these edits can even be managed in
Teamcenter and communicated back to the
NC programmer.
Siemens’ Motion Control Information
Systems (MCIS), Direct Numerical
Control (DNC) and Tool Data Information
(TDI) applications provide CNC information
control and execution confidence to the
shop floor. By directly linking the target
CNC machines to NX CAM output, DNC
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