- Digitalization allows machine manufacturers to develop new business models
- Openness of MindSphere has an important role to play for machine manufacturers
- Siemens connects 240 machine tools with "Manage MyMachines" on MindSphere across the whole exhibition site
At the EMO 2017, Siemens is demonstrating the various connection and installation options of its high-performance and open cloud-based IoT operating system MindSphere for applications in the machine tool sector. The company is connecting over 240 different machine tools from over 140 manufacturers across the whole exhibition site using its "Manage MyMachines" app on MindSphere. In addition to this, machine manufacturers such as Heller are presenting new services and business models based on MindSphere to, for example, increase efficiency and productivity.
- Memorandum of Understanding signed at EMO 2017
- Common understanding of closer, long-term partnership in integrating Siemens technology in FFG machine tools
- Introduction of the Digital Enterprise Suite and the cloud-based IoT operating system MindSphere at FFG
- Collaboration in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and Totally Integrated Automation (TIA)
Siemens and Fair Friend Enterprise Co., Ltd. Taiwan (FFG), which, in addition to its Industrial Equipment and Green Energy Divisions, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of machine tools, now intend to strengthen their long-standing business relationship. The aim of the extended partnership is to consolidate the integration of the Siemens Digital Enterprise Suite across the Taiwanese business and to integrate innovative Siemens digitalization and automation technologies into FFG's machine tools and machine tool technologies.
- Digitalization check: transparency of the digitalization capability of the machine park
- Virtual commissioning for OEM: faster commissioning and shorter time-to-market for machines
- Retrofit services for machine tools: economical retrofit measures instead of new investment
At the EMO 2017 in Hannover, Siemens is exhibiting new and expanded digital and classic Services for the machine tool industry – with new capabilities for identifying and exploiting additional productivity potential for machine tools. Machine tool operating companies use the new Digitalization Check as a Service from the portfolio of Manufacturing IT Services to create transparency of the digitalization capability of the machine park. With Virtual Commissioning as a Service, machine manufacturers (OEMs) use a virtual twin to significantly speed up both commissioning and time-to-market.
- Through its strategic partnership with Identify3D, Siemens is offering new ways of protecting the manufacturing processes
- Data encrypted in NX – decrypted in SINUMERIK 840D sl
- Stringent security solution along the digital value chain
- The new security solution will be presented at the EMO 2017 trade fair in Hannover
Siemens is offering new, comprehensive possibilities for data protection in the field of digitalization when third-party service providers are involved in the manufacturing process. With a view of data security licensing and encryption, the corporation has entered into a strategic partnership with Identify3D (ID3D). ID3D has integrated the solutions for security and traceability of digital production processes into the Sinumerik and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) portfolio of Siemens. Data encryption, including time stamp, is already included in the 3D CAM (computer aided manufacturing) software NX. Decryption takes place on the SINUMERIK 840D sl. Through the cooperation with Identify3D, Siemens has secured the integrity of all process data along the entire value chain with an end-to-end security solutions. Siemens and Indentify3D will present the software integration at the EMO 2017 in Hannover. With the integration of these new solutions into the Siemens portfolio, customers will be able to protect their intellectual property, have their products produced according to the individually defined parameters, and comprehensively track the produced parts.
- Siemens enters into cooperation with Italian robot manufacturer COMAU
- Sinumerik Run MyRobot /DirectControl enables complete integration of robot kinematics into the CNC
- Sinumerik RunMyRobot /DirectControl offers the benefit of a single controller for machine tool and robot
- Increased productivity, flexibility, dynamic response, and precision
Siemens has entered into a cooperative arrangement with the Italian robot manufacturer COMAU and will be unveiling the jointly engineered product Sinumerik Run MyRobot /DirectControl at the EMO 2017 in Hanover. This development enables the robot kinematics to be fully integrated into a CNC system. As a result, the Sinumerik controls the articulated robot arm directly with the basis of complex algorithms without the need for a separate robot controller. The Sinumerik Run MyRobot /DirectControl solution allows the CNC to control both the robot arm drive system andcontains safety functions typically performed by the robot controller. In addition, the robot is programmed solely using Sinumerik.
- Partnership addresses changing security landscape
- Joint security expertise for production IT
- Strengthen awareness of global standards
As threats to automation equipment are always changing and evolving, so too is the protection concepts for industrial plants. To address this challenging landscape, Siemens and the International Society of Automation (ISA) have entered a global partnership to foster the awareness for industrial security needs and global standards.
- Medium and low voltage drives for rolling mills
- The value of the order is in the low tens of millions of euros
- Drive systems to safeguard productivity
- Installation by order of the plant constructor and machine manufacturer SMS China
Siemens is to equip several Chinese aluminum factories with medium and low voltage drives. The value of the order is in the low tens of millions of euros. Commissioning will be completed in several stages between November 2018 and April 2019. The objective is to safeguard the productivity in the rolling mills with powerful, reliable drive systems.
- New software version 5.1 for the high-end Simotion motion control system
- Simosim for simulating the user program in a virtual test environment – without connected hardware
- New elements for the object-oriented programming of modular machine concepts
Siemens has released the new software version 5.1 for the high-end Simotion motion control system including a facility for simulating user programs. With the Simosim simulation integrated into the engineering, users can now test their software without connecting any hardware. Program parts are optimized at an early stage of the development phase, which shortens commissioning times later on. The functions of the object-oriented programming (OOP) have been expanded in software version 5.1 to make the creation of software more flexible. The new, highly modular Simotion software simplifies the implementation of motion control applications ahead of machine commissioning – in favor of a shorter time-to-market.
- "Creating the most from wind – discover the value of digitalization" the Siemens slogan on its booth at Husum Wind 2017
- Digitalization and engineering efficiency in focus
- New wind converter portfolio, specifically for wind turbines up to ten megawatts
Under the slogan "Creating the most from wind – discover the value of digitalization", digitalization and engineering efficiency are main themes of this year's Siemens presentation at Husum Wind. The digitalization focuses on the Simatic WinCC Open Architecture Scada System, the cloud-based MindSphere open IoT operating system, and industrial communication: for efficient storage and analysis of large quantities of data, from condition monitoring to the operational optimization of wind energy plants. The company is exhibiting a wide range of tools for engineering efficiency, for example: libraries for controlling a wide range of turbine types, simulation tools for creating prototypes and models, planning tools with extensive CAx data, and engineering tools for the efficient automation of wind turbines. The focus on engineering efficiency also includes a busway system for safe, efficient power transmission, compact, gas-insulated medium voltage switchgear, components and solutions for the pitch and yaw system, and a new series of compact wind converters, specifically for wind turbines up to ten megawatts.
- New Sinumerik software 4.8 release increases milling productivity
- New Sinumerik operating concepts adapt to customer-specific needs
- Engineering up to 50 percent faster with Safety Integrated plus
Siemens will be exhibiting at the EMO Hannover 2017 with an array of new hardware and software solutions for its integrated Sinumerik portfolio. The spectrum on offer comprises integrated industrial software and automation technology designed to enable machine tool manufacturers to leverage the full productivity potential of the digital factory.