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SINUMERIK 840C
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General
Market Segmentation
The machine market is divided into 3 segments

Mold and "Performance"


tool making SINUMERIK 840D (NCU 572;573) SINUMERIK
SINUMERIK 840C
840C

Complex
large series "Integration"
production SINUMERIK 840C

"Price"
Job shop SINUMERIK FM-NC
production SINUMERIK 810D/ 840D (NCU 571)

to 3 to 5 to 8 > 8 axes/spindles
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SINUMERIK 840C
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General
Market
Integration segment
Hobbing
Turning Milling Gear
shaping

Drilling/
Rivetting Winding
Boring

840C
Aluminium Eccentric
door manufacture ...
manufacture (e.g. cam shaft grinding)

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SINUMERIK 840C
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General
..and the Applications

SINUMERIK 840C/SIMODRIVE
611digital in the surface test
Turned as if polished

0 C The surface quality of turned components is


dependent on the quality of the closed-loop axis
control. The SINUMERIK 840C/SIMODRIVE 611D

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combination operates so perfectly that the quality
limits are no longer defined by the control system
Gear shaping with

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itself.
SINUMERIK 840C: SINUMERIK
Compensation functions 840C/SIMODRIVE 611digital
Precision work Tooth on tooth
When machining large workpieces, a high The manufacture of gearwheels places the
level of precision is lost as a result of highest domands on machine tools. And it's for
temperature differences and mechanical this very reason, that Maschinenfabrik Lorenz,
forces. The SINUMERIK 840C compensation at home in Ettlingen Germany, ist using
functions ensure a fas and effective remedy. SINUMERIK 840C/SIMODRIVE 611D for
2/94 precision gear shaping.

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SINUMERIK 840C
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General
SINUMERIK 840C: Sheet
..and the Applications metal working
"Panel bashing" - fast
SINUMERIK 840C/SIMODRIVE 611digital: Shelving, white goods, lighting systems and
other sheet metal components are presently in
Camshaft grinding high demand. A new, especially flexible sheet
Ole metal working line from Darley b. v.,
Netherlands, ensures that supply keeps up
with demand. A SINUMERIK 840C controls its
High precision camshafts are the specialty of Doimak S. A., at home in 14 axes.
Elgoibar, Spain. SINUMERIK 840C and SIMODRIVE 611 ensure the high
performance of their new 4-axis camshaft grinding machine.

SINUMERIK 840C: Process monitoring SINUMERIK 840C: Camera building


A show of force Leica precision
The Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Linz (WFL) has been building
one-chuck milling machines/lathes for over 10 years with

0 C A Leica camera is to photographers what a Rolls


Royce is to auomobile enthusiasts. This famous
manufacturer wants to continue to build the best lenses

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SINUMERIK controls. WFL, together with Siemens Vienna,
developed a tailored process monitoring for its new MILLTURN in the world well into the next millennium and is using
CNC high-tech made by Siemens.

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series with SINUMERIK 840C.

Workshop-oriented programming
WOP SINUMERIK 840C: Integrated master-slave-function
WOP for DOS In synchronism
3/95 The graphic workshop-oriented programming (WOP) When post-machining wheel sets for track-based vehicles, several drives
ist one of the fastest and easiest ways from a drawing to must operate in absolute synchronism with one another. This is precisely the
a finished part. This function is now available as PC right test for the SINUMERIK 840C master-slave-function.
version which can run unter MS DOS, also
independently of the machine.
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SINUMERIK 840C
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General
..and the Applications
Tech-in for cylindrical grinding
machines
Open SINUMERIK 840 C: Cam shaft machining
Simplissimo Catch them if you cam
The transition from conventional- to CNC-
controlled grindig machines can be simple. The manufacture of cams and camshafts places the highest demands on the
Tacchella Macchine S. p. A., at home in Cassine, machining equipment. Kopp Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH, based in Neu-Ulm, is
Italy shows how it is done, using tailored software therefore counting on rugged machinery design - and the openness of SINUMERIK
for the SINUMERIK controls on their machines. 840C.

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Brazil: Gearbox production
Complete
equipment
Siemens will supply the control and drive
technology for the gearbox manufacturing
facility in the Ford Taubate factory.
4/95
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SINUMERIK 840C
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General
..and the Applications
System-based services: Retrofit for the System-based services: Drilling unit retrofitted
complete production with SINUMERIK 840C
From a single mold Success with just halt
In order that injection molded parts are identical and An example from Canada shows that even halt a machine can do a
injection molding machines can be produced even moreworthwhile job. Pragma Engineering Inc., at home in Canada split up a
cost-effectively, ARBURG re-equipped all of their large horizontal drilling unit into two halves; one of these was
production machines with SINUMERIK 840C controls. mechanically retrofitted, and equipped with a state-of-the-art control - a
SINUMERIK 840C.

SINUMERIK 840C wheel rim production


Rim shaping
Alloy wheel rims represent a popular way of making a vehicle attractive so that it
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stands out from the run of the mill automobiles. Wheel rim pressing machines from
the company Röcher based in Netphen is just one company who manufactures
wheel rims such as these, which are brought up to speed using a SINUMERIK
840C.

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System-based services: Roll grinding
machine retrofitted
Fine polish for huge rolls
Canada's landscapes, its forests, rivers and lakes have
become famous and awe-inspiring through picture
postcards. A real must for technology fans is probably the
largest grinding machine in North America, which was
1/96 equipped with a SINUMERIK.

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SINUMERIK 840C
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General
..and the Applications

Turning centers using


SINUMERIK controls Flexible production cell for
Franco-lathe glass machining
One of the largest French lathe
Glass breakage
manufacturers is the Ernault company
based in Cholet. SINUMERIK controls
"insurance"
play a dominant role in their lathes.
SIMO industries main forte is glass machining
centers. The latest challenge for the Elbeuf-based

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company was the development and implementation
of a flexible glass drilling center. In order to be able

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to precisely drill this fragile workpiece as fast as
possible, the company is relying strongly on

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SINUMERIK 840C controls and SIMODRIVE
611digital drives - so to speak, glass breakage

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insurance.

SINUMERIK 840C with integrated


tool administration Laser welding using SINUMERIK
840C
Single shot
Welded joints
In order to reduce machine parts, and to be
independent of the machine type, the Hüller-Hille When it involves welding systems, in France,
machine company has combined two machine the name of Sciaky Industries is on the tip of
types to form a single entity. This opportunity was everybody's tongue. Since 1929, the company has
also taken to simultaneously install a been providing leading-edge technology. That is
SINUMERIK 840C, in order to make the overall reason enough to go hand-in-hand with the
tool handling more transparent. SINUMERIK/SIMODRIVE duo.
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SINUMERIK 840C
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General
..and the Applications

SINUMERIK 840C
SINUMERIK controls in drilling- and controls a scouring plant
machining centers for rotor blades
Across a wide front Times chopped
The technical and economic advantages of the new In order to optimize the scouring of
generation of SINUMERIK 840C were also decisive helicopter rotor blades, the ECF
criteria for the René Clément company, when it came company in La Courneuve, France,
to using our equipment in their wide product spectrum. invested 4 million Francs in a new
plant. This is "piloted" by a team
consisting of a SINUMERIK 840C and
a SIMODRIVE 611D, which positions

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visualizes all of the operating statuses.

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SINUMERIK 840C brings wheel set
machining units to speed
Tour de France
Centramec S. A. specializes in technically bringing
equipment up to speed. This French company mainly
focuses on upgrading pit lathers for rail-based vehicles
with new conrols. It uses Siemens automation
2/96 technology.

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SINUMERIK 840C
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Allgemein
..and the Applications

SINUMERIK 840C used in


the production of BMW Z3
Retrofit with SINUMERIK 840C Mission precision
Rejuvenated The BMW Z3 played the main automobile
role in the last James Bond movie "Golden
Cummins-Atlas, based in Fostoria, Ohio, eye". SINUMERIK 840C played a strong

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hired GFI (Grinders for Industry, Detroit) to supporting role in the background: In the
retrofit four of their Landis grinding machines mission precision production of Z3 chassis

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with SINUMERIK 840C controls. A rejuvenation components.
for several good reasons.

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SINUMERIK 840C in water-jet
cutting systems
High-precision hard turning using SINUMERIK
Primary forces 840C/SIMODRIVE 611digital
When it comes to water-jet cutting systems Foracon
Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH based in Bretten
Tough competition
are in their elements. The company is using the
"primary forces" of SINUMERIK 840C and SIMODRIVE The Netherlands-based OEM Hembrug has come up with strong
611D to offer the highest possible degree of flexibility competition for grinding with its high-precision hard turning machine
and productivity. Slantbed-Mikroturn 100 CNC. Siemens supplies the control and drives for the
3/96 high-precision machine.

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SINUMERIK 840C
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The Basis for Wide-Scale Application and General
Increase of Market Shares

Many functions Up to SINUMERIK


Transformation
TRANSMIT,
30 axes/ Safety Integrated,
2D/3D,
6 spindles emergency
simulation
6 channels retraction,
WOP turning,
6 mode groups generator mode
WOP milling

Gantry,
Parameter set
synchronous Temperature
switchover, fast
spindles, compensation,
data channels,
gearbox interpolation and
travel to fixed
interpolation, compensation
stop,
cam mechanism with tables
master-slave
interpolation

Cycles. STEP5 package,


Gaging, tool
management,
computer link
WS800A,
OEM version
Windows
...
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SINUMERIK 840C
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Hardware
The Components

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SINUMERIK 840C
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The Equipped Central Controller with Hardware
NC CPU and MMC CPU

PS CSB PLC NC CPU MMC CPU

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SINUMERIK 840C
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The SIMODRIVE 611 Digital with Hardware
I/RF Module, Power Module and Standard Control

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SINUMERIK 840C
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Hardware
The Accessories

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SINUMERIK 840C
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Hardware
Structure

Operator
panel
Diskette
Streamer
drive

External MMC Handheld


communic- unit
ation Commu-
nication

Hand-
NCK PLC Machine
wheels control
Probes panel

Drives I/Os

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SINUMERIK 840C
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Software
Available System Software
Overview
Extra languages:
Hungarian, Russian, Finnish,
Swedish, Czech, Slovak,
Portuguese

Extra languages: System software SW5.6


Swedish, Portuguese
Functions

System software SW5.6


Extra languages: Windows version
Hungarian, Russion, Finnish,
Swedish, Czech, Protuguese
System software SW4.8
Extra languages:
Swedish
System software SW4.8
Windows version

Extra languages:
Hungarian, Russian,
Swedish
System software SW3.11
E
System software SW2.3
E Currently available
System software SW1.3
E Standard languages:
German, English, French,
Italian, Spanish
E As spare part only

No longer available
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SINUMERIK 840C
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Software
Available Graphic Programming Software (WOP)
Overview

WOP SW6.2
Milling and Turning for MS-DOS PC
Milling and Drilling/Boring on 840C
Functions

Turning on 840C

WOP SW5.2
Turning

Extra languages:
Swedish WOP SW4.1
Turning

WOP SW3.2
Turning
WOP SW3.3
Milling and Drilling/Boring E Currently available
Standard languages: As spare part only
German, English, French, E
Italian, Spanish
No longer available
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SINUMERIK 840C
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Software
Available Simulation Software
Overview
Extra languages:
Hungarian, Russian, Finnish,
Swedish, Czech, Slovak,
Portuguese

Graphic tool path


simulation M/T SW5.2
Functions

DIN simulation M/T SW5.2


Milling and turning

DIN simulation M/T SW4.1


Milling and turning
Extra languages:
Swedish

DIN simulation T SW3.1


Turning E
Currently available
Standard languages: As spare part only
German, English, French, E
Italian, Spanish
No longer available
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SINUMERIK 840C
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