HMI software for CNC controls

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HMI software for CNC controls
Motion Control Information System MCIS
DNC – Direct Numeric Control
DNC Plant
■ Overview
DNC Plant simplifies handling of the NC programs. DNC Plant is
software for convenient management, archiving and transfer of
NC programs for factory-wide CNC production.
As a result of the convenient electronic NC program management
and archiving, the NC programs are always available in
their latest version for the CFC machines of the complete production
area. This is particularly relevant in production areas
with a high degree of flexibility and variation and where NC data
frequently change, for example in machining centers, special
machines and flexible production lines.
■ Benefits
7 Cost reduction in NC data management
• Convenient, central NC program management with provision
of the NC programs
• Low management overhead and simple handling mean that
a disk drive for archiving of NC data is unnecessary
7 Increase in machine operating times and reduction in set-up
times through reliable and fast provision of NC program
7 No DNC terminals on the machine as result of direct requesting
of NC program on the CNC operator panel
7 Cost-effective and reliable electronic data archiving
7 Automatic archiving of the NC data of the SINUMERIK control
7 Simple integration of many different types and generations of
CNCs
7 Direct connection of SINUMERIK PCU with Windows via
standard Industrial Ethernet network
■ Integration
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Siemens NC 60 · 2006
DNC Plant
Station PC
■ Function
• Software for central management and transfer of NC programs
• Executes on a standard PC
• Additional operation/management workstations with DNC HMI.
One user interface license is already included in DNC Plant.
• Connection of CNCs or tool setting stations via serial interfaces
using DNC IFC Serial
• Integration of SINUMERIK control via standard Ethernet network
with DNC IFC SINUMERIK
• Integration of Ethernet-capable CNC machines that can be
supplied with NC programs via a network file system
(see DNC IFC File System)
• Connection of NC programming systems via standard network,
e.g., via Ethernet, Novell or token ring
• Automatic data import from NC programming system
• Shopfloor-oriented NC program archiving structures with DNC
Explorer
• User management with user-dependent functions such as
display, edit, copy, delete, enable NC programs
• Program transfer through operator inputs on the station PC,
DNC Plant PC or DNC HMI PC
• Program transfer through operator inputs on the DNC Plant PC
• Program transfer directly on the CNC operator panel with DNC
IFC Dialog
• Automatic NC data archiving of the SINUMERIK control
• NC program comparison/machine adaptation between the
SINUMERIK control and DNC Cell using DNC Compare
• GUI for parameterization of interface parameters
• Scalable system configuration from small, local DNC systems
up to the factory-wide multi-user system DNC Plant
DNC Plant is used when networking large production plants.
DNC HMI
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