“Having an easy-to-use software solution like TOOL EXPERT to manage our cutting tools allows us to create a seamless interaction between the process planning department and the production floor. Now we can operate more accurately and efficiently. TE guarantees 100% tool availability during the preparation phase, 50% time savings in tool preparation, 30% tool inventory reduction, 15% useless inventory, 0% failure and uncontrollable tooling." The modern manufacturing workshop is mainly based on CNC machine tools, and various CAD/CAM, PDM, and ERP systems are configured. Because the systems are independent of each other, data cannot be exchanged, and information islands are formed. The data needs to be repeatedly input and the information communication is passed. Paper documents are inefficient, and version control of manufacturing documents is difficult to achieve. According to statistics, the utilization rate of NC machine tools in the manufacturing workshop is only 30%. If a variety of information related to manufacturing can be unified through a data platform, data can be seamlessly exchanged, and the utilization rate of numerical control equipment can be increased to 70% to 80%. In response to the above problems, the Tool Expert (hereinafter referred to as TE) system developed by Spring has a mature solution. For example, your company may have at least five CNC machining centers, such as: workshop operators spend 20% of their time on cutting tools; 16% of production plans because of the lack of suitable tools Stop; 40% to 80% of management time is wasted on invalid tool searches; 30% to 60% of tool inventory is not effectively managed. In the production workshop, all aspects are centered around the mechanical processing process. How to realize the automatic information management of all aspects of machining and processing becomes the key to shortening the processing time and increasing the production capacity. As a data platform, TE integrates the existing system of the workshop, starting with process programming, involving the entire production process, including planned scheduling, tool warehouse management, tool set data interface, machine program transfer and monitoring, machine tool unloading tools, tool scrapping Or repair processing, tool consumption statistics, tool procurement and order receipt management. The system adopts C/S structure, the client only needs to be installed once, and the later update and maintenance is completed on the server side, and the maintenance is simple and convenient. A core database is installed at sever to manage production related data. In the CNC workshop, through the basic core database, the tool related components, measuring tools, fixtures, programs and other information are managed, and CAD, CAM, PDM, ERP and other systems are integrated. The data is seamlessly transmitted through the TE platform, sharing information and improving timeliness. Sex, avoid duplicate data input. TE manages the entire production process with tool as the core, including process programming, tool finding, warehouse management (tools/clamps/gauges), theoretical assembly and physical assembly, planned scheduling, shop preparation, upload/unload procedures, tool consumption Classification statistics, tool usage forecasts, purchase requisitions, and receipt orders. TE's design philosophy is to help users achieve complete automation management of production processes and production lines. Optimize the process, monitor and manage all activities in the digital workshop. The basic functional modules include: process methods; tool preparation and CNC machine preparation; tool inventory management and analysis. ◆Process method module: In the technical preparation link, TOOL EXPERT can analyze and determine the tools needed for machining, and use the core database for knowledge management. Technicians do not have to work hard to master the use of all tools. ◆ Production workshop preparation: Planners carry out planned scheduling, and the planning interface is completely dragged and dropped, and the operation is simple. TE automatically resolves the program format to ensure that the program used is exactly matched to the machine and that the scheduled tasks are viewed by the relevant personnel in a timely manner. TE manages all tool components, physical assembly, fixture/gauge information. The tool assembler receives the assembly list through TE and prepares the tool in time. After the tool is measured, the tool compensation value can be transferred to the machine setting through TE; after the machining is completed, the tool is unloaded, returned to the warehouse, or scrapped or repaired. All of these steps are simple and can be done with just a mouse click. ◆Management: Analysis and statistics: TE statistical analysis interface is simple and clear, it can be convenient for tool consumption analysis, report can be generated according to different conditions of analysis requirements, using graphical display, more intuitive. In addition, TE can also be connected to the ERP system, such as submitting a purchase requisition, and receiving the goods after receiving the goods. Applications SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE is a high-tech company affiliated with SAFRAN Group, a merger of French SAGEM Sagem and SNECMA Snecma. In the field of civil and defense technology, Sagem Defense Security is the world's leading provider of solutions and services for optoelectronics, avionics and critical software. Its plant in Mantes La Ville, northwest of Paris, produces Cylinders and Actuators for aerospace and military applications. challenge The machining process used by Sagem Defense Safety was prepared by the Process Planning Department using Missler's TopCAM CAD/CAM software before being sent to the production floor. Sagem lacks an easy-to-use tool database system, which makes the process planning department inconsistent with the database used in the workshop, and must rely on paper documents to convey information. The scattered paper documents were stored in disorder, and even the oil stains in the workshop. Finally, due to the need to manually load the tool measurement parameters, many failures and downtimes are generated. In order to solve these problems, Sagem and Schbray Technology experts have developed a set of standards for solutions: For the process planning department, the basic requirements are to program the CNC machining program (using Missler's TopCAM programming and provide an interface to the TOOL EXPERT database) and to optimize the use of cutting tools (modify the tool assembly required in the workshop, replace the already scrapped Tool, stable statistical management, optimization of cutting conditions based on tool usage history). In the workshop, the key to the problem is to have complete information on the available tools in real time to reduce tool finding, assembly and measurement time. Finally, any anomalies, such as unenforceable or non-optimized settings, will be reported to the process planning department. income By centralizing all of the company's tool-related information into a common database, TOOL EXPERT enables Sagem's process planning department to establish the required interaction with the production floor: communication about assembly changes is now more tightly controlled. Changes made on the shop floor are fed back to the process planning department and are reflected in the database. This means that the tool is better managed (avoiding repetitive purchases) and significantly reduces the time spent on the tool and extends the life of the tool. TOOL EXPERT also improves the safety and quality of the process, for example by automatic tool offset parameter loading, avoiding errors caused by manual operations, resulting in a processing efficiency increase of approximately 4%. 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