PHIC launches NCSIMUL in CHINA

Held every two years, the Seventh Chinese Numerical Control Competitions (CNCC) took place in China last week. The National NC Skills Competition highlight various levels of skill in NC programming and machining. Bringing together the best of engineers and students from all over China, its objective is to award craftsmanship in efforts to nurture China's future in manufacturing and help reach target manufacturing goals of 2025. The event was covered nationally in printed and televised media. Additionally, in attendance at the inauguration was the Chinese Labor Minister and other national and provincial government leaders. 

The competition itself is divided into three facets: CNC lathe and CNC milling on machining Centers (four-axis, five-axis), CNC machine tool installation and maintenance, overseeing five projects. While the competition evaluated theoretical knowledge, it mainly comprised of two practical operations. The first was a seven hour machine operation test where each contestant was required to machine his or her part correctly on a machine tool. The second part included a three hour examination of CAD design, CAM programming and NC-Code validation using PHIC-NCSIMUL.

NCSIMUL 4CAM wins award at AMB 2016 International

For the last three years, the German industry magazine MM MaschinenMarkt, has awarded eight trophies at the AMB 2016 international exhibition. The show, organized every two years in Stuttgart, is one of the top five in the industry. It draws 1,350 exhibitors from nearly thirty countries, all showcasing their latest offerings for machine-tools, new generations of precision tools and products used across-the-board by professionals in the machining sector. Many vendors were in competition for the different categories of 2016 MM Awards.

 

Why NCSIMUL 4CAM ?

The jury assessed the level of innovation on the strength of three main criteria :

• Firstly and importantly, the offering had to be completely new or deliver a substantial improvement on an initial development ;
• Secondly, it had to be revolutionary, rather than just an upgrade, in terms of traditional know-how ;
• Finally, the eight members of the MM-MaschinenMarkt panel judged the solutions, not only on their intrinsic innovatory quality, but also, above all, on their real-world value in the industrial environment, taking into account the productivity increases actually delivered.

Of the 24 shortlisted businesses, the panel chose 8 winners, selecting one as "outstanding". Competition in the "Software" category, won by SPRING Technologies with its NCSIMUL 4CAM, was fierce, as prestigious rivals included Open Mind Technologies and Mitutoyo CTL Germany.

AMB 2016 – A video review of the award-winning innovations. (See the front video at minute 2:14)

http://www.maschinenmarkt.vogel.de/mm-maschinenmarkt-kuert-innovationen-auf-der-amb-2016-v-36961-12588/

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SPRING Technologies annonce la disponibilité de ses WorkPackages CAM pour NCSIMUL 4CAM

Une avant-première pour les clients internationaux qui les découvriront lors des salons IMTS (US) et AMB (Allemagne)

SPRING Technologies, éditeur de logiciels pour une utilisation optimale et flexible des Machines à Commande Numérique, annonce le lancement des WorkPackages CAM, interfaces entre plusieurs FAO du marché et NCSIMUL 4CAM (anciennement NCSIMUL CAM). Dans un premier temps, les visiteurs de IMTS (du 12 au 15 septembre à Chicago) et d'AMB (du 13 au 17 septembre à Stuttgart), pourront découvrir sur le stand de l'éditeur les WorkPackages pour : CATIA – Dassault Systèmes ; NX – Siemens ; CREO – PTC ; TopSolid'Cam – MISSLER et Mastercam, de la société éponyme. A terme, SPRING Technologies offrira à ses utilisateurs des interfaces directes avec les principales FAO du marché.

Pourquoi un WorkPackage CAM ?

NCSIMUL 4CAM est une solution puissante et novatrice, complément indispensable des FAO pour rendre son agilité à la production. A ce titre, elle doit permettre à ses utilisateurs de récupérer totalement et de façon transparente, leurs projets FAO pour changer de machine à commande numérique (CN) rapidement et facilement, et ce, sans reprogrammation aucune, grâce aux WorkPackages CAM notamment.

Dans le détail, NCSIMUL 4CAM donne aujourd'hui la possibilité au programmeur, quel que soit son secteur d'activité, de récupérer l'assemblage de sa pièce, son système de bridage, son modèle de brut, ses repères d'usinage et de positionnement, sa bibliothèque d'outils coupants associée et ce, directement et aisément, sans avoir besoin d'intervenir de nouveau sur la programmation du parcours d'usinage. En plus des fichiers ISO, le WorkPackage CAM permet, également, de lire les APT suivants : CATIA, Esprit, GO2CAM, NX, Pro-E, Surfcam, pour découper automatiquement les différentes phases d'usinage, afin de faciliter le changement vers la nouvelle machine. Une sécurité et un gain de temps non négligeables pour changer de CN, en fonction des impératifs de production et de la disponibilité du parc machines.

Une flexibilité primordiale pour la compétitivité des usines d'aujourd'hui et de demain.

Les bénéfices clients en quelques points

• Optimiser leur flexibilité pour adapter leur fabrication à la disponibilité de leur parc machines ;
• Augmenter les cadences et le TRS des machines CN ;
• Sécuriser les changements machines en un clic en générant un nouveau programme CN simulé, vérifié, optimisé et validé, quelle que soit la machine à commande numérique avant et après ;
• Suivre toutes les modifications effectuées suite au changement de machines dans les différentes séquences d'usinage ;
• Capitaliser le travail du programmeur par une reprise automatique des informations venant de la FAO ;
• Gérer et exporter les bruts intermédiaires en dynamique, pour une vérification instantanée des données tout au long de la phase d'usinage.

NCSIMUL CAM devient NCSIMUL 4CAM... Pourquoi ?

« Pour marquer de façon précise et sans ambiguïté le positionnement de notre produit, qui est un complément des FAO et non une FAO de plus, » affirme Gilles Battier, PDG de SPRING Technologies. « Nous connaissons nos points forts et nous les mettons en œuvre pour offrir des innovations technologiques à nos clients, et non un ersatz de solution déjà existante sur le marché. Notre objectif est, encore et toujours, de rester à l'écoute de leurs besoins pour les aider dans leur démarche vers l'Usine 4.0. »

Gilles Battier, PDG de SPRING Technologies est nommé au Comité AERO-PME du GIFAS

Les PME expertes participent à la démarche collaborative du secteur aéronautique et spatial

SPRING Technologies, éditeur de logiciels pour une utilisation optimale et flexible des Machines à Commande Numérique, annonce la nomination de son PDG, Gilles Battier, au Comité AERO-PME du GIFAS . Le Groupement, véritable vitrine des industries aéronautique et spatiale françaises, fédère tout l'écosystème du domaine, des grands donneurs d'ordre, au PME, pleinement représentatives de ce marché. Le mot d'ordre : l'expertise et l'innovation ! Deux credo que SPRING connaît et maitrise parfaitement bien.

Pourquoi un Comité AERO-PME ?

Les PME, acteurs économiques et technologiques incontournables, sont les partenaires des grands groupes, mais pas seulement. Elles ont une capacité d'innovation et de compétences techniques fortes. Elles sont agiles et ingénieuses, elles savent réagir et s'adapter aux besoins des donneurs d'ordre dans ce secteur en perpétuelle évolution, avec un réel besoin de maitrise de la qualité et du temps. A ce titre, et pour l'expertise qu'elles peuvent apporter à tout l'écosystème, elles ont pleinement leur place au sein du GIFAS. SPRING Technologies en est l'exemple concret et répond totalement à tous ces critères.

Le point de vue de Gilles Battier, PDG :

« Le secteur aéronautique et spatial est un des fers de lance de l'industrie française et mondiale, le GIFAS en est l'organisme métier. Nous avons à cœur, grâce à notre savoir-faire et à nos technologies innovantes, de participer et d'aider ainsi à l'excellence de cette filière. Je suis content et fier de rejoindre le Comité AERO-PME pour y apporter et partager nos idées et nos innovations. C'est une belle reconnaissance du métier pour ce que nous sommes. Notre vision « mécanicienne » des process et processus nous permet d'accompagner, au plus proche de leurs besoins de production, les industriels du secteur dans leur transition et leur évolution vers l'Usine du futur ou Usine 4.0. »

SPRING Technologies was awarded the MM Award in the category of Software for NCSIMUL 4CAM at AMB 2016

The MM Award is awarded every two years during EuroBLECH by the trade magazine "Maschinenmarkt" and "blechnet".

SPRING Technologies was awarded the MM Award in the category of Software for NCSIMUL 4CAM at AMB 2016

For more information on the award winning technology go to www.NCSIMUL.com 

A Great End to a Great Conference Industries Paris 2016

A Great Thank you to the entire team of SPRING Tech for sticking together the entire conference and being there for their current customers and future ones.

CEO Gilles Battier and Corporate Marketing Director Philippe Solignac in a pose to celebrate the great achievement of winning Industries Paris 2016 Innovation Award

For further details on the award go to: http://www.industrie-expo.com/trophees-innovation/ 

"A Big Picture Look at Simulation" Case Study with Utley's Inc and their use of NCSIMUL MACHINE, published by Modern Machine Shop

        SPRING Technologies is proud to be featured along side Utley's Co. Inc. (Queens, NY) in a new Case Study of this month's Modern Machine Shop publication.

        In "A Big Picture Look at Simulation",  CNC programmer Antonios Karoustos at Utley's says, “We’re making some pretty key investments in our CNC department to help us get our parts out to our customers as fast as possible,” Mr. Karoustos says. “We are planning to do a lot of work on the Okuma and will have NCSIMUL test any programs for the new machine, because it is very expensive and we want to avoid damaging it. We’re going to make sure that we run everything through NCSIMUL.”

Read the full Cast Study here: http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/a-big-picture-look-at-simulation

INDUSTRIES PARIS 2016: NCSIMUL CAM Award Winner Solution | Digital Tools Category

The Actual Award given to SPRING Technologies for the Innovative Solution NCSIMUL CAM 2016

SPRING Technologies nominated at INDUSTRIE Paris just won the innovation award with NCSIMUL CAM

SPRING Technologies nominated at INDUSTRIE Paris just won the Innovation Award in the Digital Tools Category with NCSIMUL CAM.

For more details visit: http://www.industrie-expo.com/ 

INDUSTRIE PARIS 2016: For the third time in a row*, SPRING Technologies is once again a nominee at the prestigious Innovation Awards with NCSIMUL CAM

Among 123 notable innovations recorded this year, NCSIMUL CAM has been nominated among 20 products in the Digital Tools category.

The winners of the four main categories will be announced during the 14th Innovation Award Ceremony on April, 5th. 2016.

*You may recall that our experience with the INDUSTRIE PARIS Innovation Awards includes SICOM (2012 - Nominated), WYSIWYC (2014 - Winner, Jury Prize), and now NCSIMUL CAM (2016 - Nominated).

 For more details: Innovation Awards 2016

We look forward to welcome you on our booth, Hall 5A - C104, From 04/04/2016 To 08/04/2016

CNC Upgrades for Improved Machine Tools (NCSIMUL Solutions V10)

"The company’s new package, NCSIMUL Solutions V10, combines tool databases and simulation engines to optimize CNC programs based on machine tool kinematics or controller type. If a target machine tool is offline for maintenance or in use on another project, direct access to 3D tool data and cutting conditions means programming can be switched to another machine with just one click."

Check out NCSIMUL Solutions V10 article "CNC Upgrades for Improved Machine Tools" featured by Automotive Design & Production @ 

http://www.adandp.media/articles/cnc-upgrades-for-improved-machine-tools

For more details on NCSIMUL Solutions V10 click here

Two Days of high-level Networking and inspiring Presentations at the VDI "Industrie 4.0" Conference at Düsseldorf, Germany

SPRING Technologies and in the center of the attention with NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS !

For the CAD-CAM process within a smart factory environment "Industry 4.0" means: Manufacturing companies need integrated, connected and bidirectional process chains in order to be able to program their CNC machines faster and be more flexible in manufacturing.

Manufacturing companies using NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS are one step ahead in the digital manufacturing – process:

• With NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS you can track in real time the status of your machines - even by mobile access - and can use your workshop in an optimal way, be flexible and increase your productivity.

• Program errors are automatically detected by NCSIMUL MACHINE, CNC programs are verified and machining paths optimized. For our customers this means enormous time and cost savings!

• Simulation results can thereby be easily shared with our player for the exchange of information within your organization or for collaboration within a network

• Thanks to the new hybrid programming concept of NCSIMUL CAM you can profit from a streamlined and bi-directional end-to-end machining process .

SPRING Technologies Team says THANK YOU to all participants of the event visiting our booth for two days full of inspiring conversations, a high-value exchange of knowledge and experiences and the great interest in NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS.

Customer stories : ENSIVAL MORET : Innovative industrial pumps supplier

Company Overview

With a hundred years of experience in the design and manufacturing of industrial pumps, Ensival Moret is a world-renowned supplier whose expertise is internationally recognized. Ensival Moret offers a complete range of centrifugal and mixed flow pumps for a capacity up to 30.000 m3/h with operating temperatures from -320°F to +1652°F. Ensival Moret has seven manufacturing facilities (two plants in France, two plants in Belgium, one plant in China, one plant in Brazil, one plant in India).

Ensival Moret China : "Shanghai Plant"

Based in Shanghai, Ensival Moret China was established in 1996 as first foreign, wholly-owned enterprise in the pumps field in China. 

The company employs approximatively 250 employees including a R&D team for local design optimization. Ensival Moret China produces a wide range of chemical/industrial pumps and ships over 1000 pumps annually. Ensival Moret China has excellent references in foreign-owned (eg. Arkema) and local chemical industry (eg. Shanghai Huayi, CNOOC) in China. The very high-end and precision machining in this industry sector requires that the cutting process be as efficient as possible and this is why Ensival Moret China decided to introduce NCSIMUL MACHINE in 2013 after a thorough review process of other simulation software products.

Challenges

Wang Jun, Machining & Technical Advisor, explains his daily challenges and how NCSIMUL MACHINE has been helpful to him in his job: "Each of our manufacturing plants has modern MACHINE tools for complete machining of parts of various materials and sizes allowing us very precise finishing. All manufacturing plants are also equipped with state-of-the art and sophisticated hydraulic laboratories for both pump production testing and R&D functions.

For the complete story click here

SPRING Technologies announces the worldwide release of NCSIMUL CAM

NCSIMUL CAM, a new module for the NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS 10 platform, is now available on demand via the ncsimul.com website

SPRING Technologies, vendor of software that optimizes the use of NC machines, announces the worldwide release of NCSIMUL CAM, the module that puts the finishing touch to existing CAM programs.

Based on CAM data inputs (CATIA®, NX®, CREO®, MASTERCAM®, and TOPSOLIDCAM®),
or existing NC programs (G-code format), NCSIMUL CAM directly generates verified and
optimized CNC programs without an external post-processor.

Ease of use and reliability were the watchwords in the development of NCSIMUL CAM, designed
to streamline digital processes across a wide range of industries including Aerospace,
Automotive/Transportation, Energy, and Medical instrumentation, where productivity and
competitiveness are at a premium.

With the unique new solution, businesses in these sectors have maximum flexibility when selecting machines for their workshops.

Six highlights of NCSIMUL CAM:

- No more external post-processors, for a simplified NC process; - 1-click reprogramming, for complete flexibility; - “Hybrid” programming, for easy reuse of existing NC Data (g-code or CL-data inputs); - Programming in native NC code verified and optimized for an all-in-one solution; - Unique data file, to enable production to be transferred more smoothly from site to site; and - Dynamic management of intermediary rough stocks for unrivalled ease of programming. For the complete story click here

SPRING Technologies just released a New Website: www.NCSIMUL.com

SPRING Technologies has been working very hard to improve its user experience in accessing information on its website. Please take a look at the new interface and new environment as well as the new URL: www.NCSIMUL.com

We are always aiming to meet and even exceed your expectations. Thanks to all our wonderful clients for giving us feedback.

For more information on this: http://www.springplm.com/spring_newsbis.php?ID=738 

Feel free to visit us at: www.NCSIMUL.com

NCS Machine: running 2 live demonstrations simultaneously of SPRING flaghship products

SPRING Technologies Team running 2 live demos with a crowd of spectators hovering around intrigued with the new way of thinking and doing manufacturing.

In the past the emphasis has always been on the part design and manufacturing is always an after-thought. Today with SPRING's new product NCSIMUL CAM, the emphasis has shifted. The focus is now on the manufacturing and on the CNC process / machine. 

To learn more about NCSIMUL CAM go to: http://www.springplm.com/spring_newsbis.php?ID=716 

Visit us at Booth E171 in Hall 2B at the  International Paris Air Show to see a live demo.

NCSIMUL CAM: Streamline your CNC programming and make your shop floor more flexible than ever

Enrich your existing CAM process with NCSIMUL CAM, a new product within the NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS platform

SPRING Technologies, vendor of software that optimizes the use of NC Machines, announces the worldwide launch of NCSIMUL CAM. This new product delivers agile CNC programming to streamline the current CAM process and provides unparalleled flexibility on the shop floor.

Fully integrated in the new unified NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS V10 platform (including NCSIMUL MACHINE, NCSIMUL TOOL, and NCSIMUL DNC), it embodies SPRING Technologies’ response to today’s issues in CNC machine programming: removing the typical organizational method of tool path generation (CAM), post-processing, G-code verification and simulation and streamlining the conventional CNC programming process.

According to the company, the primary benefits will be significant cost savings and optimal use of CNC machine because of the flexible programming capability. “This is a major new step forward for the company’s product strategy and in the manufacturing industry,” said Philippe Solignac, corporate marketing director for SPRING Technologies.

The company will demonstrate the new product at the Paris Air Show, stand E71, Hall 2B.

NCSIMUL CAM Product Overview

NCSIMUL CAM directly generates verified and optimized CNC programs, while factoring in the physical resources available on the shop floor, including tools, cutting conditions, kinematics and machine controllers.

With this new solution CAM data (APT neutral file / CL-data) and existing CNC programs can be used easily to generate a valid new CNC program in just a few clicks for another machine using different kinematics and controller. This will enable manufacturers to quickly adapt their existing programs to new resources when retrofitting a machine, buying a new one or when a machining process is repurposed. With a conventional CAM process (CAM-Post-Processor-Machining Simulation), this task could take hours, even days. With NCSIMUL CAM, these times are slashed to minutes.

Likewise, if the target machine initially planned for the CAM program is no longer available for maintenance reasons or is already being used to meet production, it will take just one click with NCSIMUL CAM to switch programming to another machine – whatever its complexity (3X to 5X, 5X to 4X…), the type of kinematics (tilting head to table-on-table for instance) or the type of controller (FANUC, Siemens, Heidenhain…).

Thanks to the integration of NCSIMUL Tool database, NCSIMUL CAM provides a direct access to 3D tool data and cutting conditions and automatically reconfigures the tool magazine.

This will provide manufacturers with the level of flexibility they need to achieve rapid switching of scheduled production from one CNC machine to another, making their production means fully flexible and agile.

5 key features of NCSIMUL CAM:

•  “Hybrid” programming, taking the pain out of legacy re-use,
•  Error-free programming in native NC code, for an all-in-one solution,
•  No more external post-processor, streamlining the CAM process,
•  One-click re-programming, for complete flexibility,
•  Dynamic management of intermediary rough stocks for unrivalled programming comfort

 More details click here

Modern Machine Shop: To See Machining Reality on a Tablet

Viewing the simulation of a live machining process in real time gives clear picture of what is happening at the moment inside the machine tool as it runs an NC program. SPRING Technologies’ NCSIMUL Player Synchro makes this happen on a wireless mobile tablet with an app called WYSIWYC.

Article From: 4/21/2015 Modern Machine Shop

NCSIMUL Player Synchro

One of the distinguishing aspects of the CNC programming aids from SPRING Technologies (U.S. offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is advanced use of 3D simulation of machining processes, which the company has taken in several new directions. One of the most interesting of these developments is a mobile application called WYSIWYC (what you see is what you cut) that puts its NCSIMUL Player Synchro on a tablet PC designed to withstand a harsh environment........

WYSIWYC

For the complete article go to: http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/to-see-machining-reality-on-a-tablet 

Aero India 2015: interview with Gilles Battier, CEO of Spring Technologies