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SINUMERIK Collision Avoidance
Reliable protection against collisions
Based on Collision Avoidance, SINUMERIK provides optimum protection against undesirable collisions between
moving and non-moving machine components in the working area of machine tools – and in all operating situations. Collision Avoidance in SINUMERIK focuses on the most critical situations that occur in practice, for example
setting up the machine or machining interruptions – in other words when the operator intervenes in the process.
Safe operation and setting up thanks to real-time
monitoring
As a result of a powerful and intelligent system architecture, the 3D real-time collision monitoring is even
effective for complex machining operations – such as
5-axis simultaneous milling or turning with the B axis. In
so doing, stationary and moving machine components as
well as tool cutting edges are effectively monitored for
collision. Based on a fully-fledged 3D visualization, the
complete machine process, including the machining area,
is displayed on the CNC screen in SINUMERIK Operate.
This means that areas where a risk of collision exists can
be quickly and effectively identified.
Answers for industry.
Simple modeling in SINUMERIK Operate
By defining cubes, spheres, cylinders or STL files, machine
OEMs can simply model the machine assemblies that are
relevant for collision monitoring directly at the CNC user
interface. Collision protection is available in all operating
modes (JOG/MDI and AUTO) and can be separately selected
and deselected.
Efficiently modeling collision bodies at the PC
Siemens offers collision monitoring at the PC based on its
well-proven NX CAM offline machine simulation. This means
that collisions can already be effectively avoided when
defining the process. With NX SINUMERIK Collision Avoidance, machine OEMs can create the machine model of the
collision monitoring quickly and conveniently at the PC from
existing design data of the machine. In SINUMERIK, Collision
Avoidance automatically generates the data for the collision
analysis of the tool cutting edges from the tool usage data
for machining. This offers automatic collision monitoring
involving moving and fixed machine components without
the user having to input any additional data.
Further, simple machining area limits can be defined by
modeling the protective areas. As a consequence, it is not
necessary to additionally configure software limit switches.
Thanks to the reliable real-time monitoring, Collision
Avoidance in SINUMERIK allows the machine availability
and productivity to be significantly boosted.
SINUMERIK Collision Avoidance offers reliable
protection against collisions
◾◾ 3D
collision monitoring in real time
◾◾ Moving
and non-moving machine components are
monitored
◾◾ Collision
bodies are efficiently modeled
– in SINUMERIK Operate
– at the PC with NX SINUMERIK Collision Avoidance
Siemens AG
Industry Sector
Motion Control Systems
P.O. Box 31 80
91050 ERLANGEN
GERMANY
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Order No.: E20001-A1700-P610-X-7600
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SCHÖ/10809304 STAN.52.3.06 SB 09131.0
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