According to Siemens standardised and open interfaces of the Sinumerik 840D sl control system provide for simple integration of robots into the shop floor equipment.
For example, users of machine tools can use the Sinumerik 840D sl to automate production.
By using robots to load and unload machine tools, operation can continue unattended even in unmanned shifts. The interface of the 840D sl is standardised, can be used immediately, and allows the connection of a host of industrial robots.
Industrial robots can be used for tasks including machine loading, cutting, welding or surface machining. By using robots for loading/unloading, machines can be better utilised and also operated during non-working shifts at night or at weekends. If the robot handles other additional tasks in machining, this reduces the overall cycle time and simultaneously increases production quality. Siemens claims that the open interfaces of the Sinumerik 840D sl can be used to connect not only lathes, milling machines and grinding machines to industrial robots, but also every other machine tool. One robot can also serve several machines. This increases utilisation, reduces the return on investment in a machine, and secures competitiveness for medium-sized manufacturing companies.
Operator-prompted production and automated series production are both based on the operating and programming tools Shopmill and Shopturn. With these tools, machines can easily be configured, and the workpieces can be programmed via a graphical user interface. The changeover to automated series production is carried out in just a few steps.
Siemens will present the integration of industrial robots in the area of shop floor production at the AMB exposition using the example of a Motoman robot.
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