INCREASED MACHINE PRODUCTIVITY BY INTERACTIVE CNC SHOP FLOOR PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE

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INCREASED MACHINE PRODUCTIVITY BY INTERACTIVE CNC SHOP FLOOR PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE
15 September 2005 - GE Fanuc Automation CNC Europe SA

Echternach, Luxembourg – GE Fanuc's interactive software, Manual Guide i, has been upgraded to offer new features and further enhance ease-of-use. Designed to increase the productivity of milling, turning and compound machines by providing powerful shop floor programming capabilities, it is supported by a PC-based simulator package which can be used for training and for demonstrations of Manual Guide i functionality. Part programs generated on the simulator can be transferred electronically to a GE Fanuc Series i CNC.

GE Fanuc Manual Guide i software increases machine tool operators' productivity by providing an environment that enables development from a drawing to a production part in a very short time. The latest version of Manual Guide i offers a number of improvements. This includes simultaneous comprehensive displays of data and programs in multi-path turning applications on GE Fanuc Series 30i/31i/32i CNCs, more efficient cutting cycles, better tool management, clearer guidance and new manual and automatic measurement function including angular measurements.

Other recent Manual Guide i enhancements include the management of programs by folder and file name, the direct editing of part programs in memory, and animation in the background which allows simulated testing of the next part program while the machine tool is carrying out its current operation. 3D simulation helps reduce the time for part program checking and virtually eliminates errors.

Manual Guide i Simulator, running on a standard PC using a WindowsÒ 2000 or WindowsÒ XP platform, simulates Manual Guide i running on any of the latest GE Fanuc Series i CNCs. It provides a training tool, it can be used in the promotion of a machine tool, and it can be used to teach machine operators. It allows editing of part programs, data entry for cycle machining in menu form, machining simulation and NC program conversion.

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About: GE Fanuc Automation CNC Europe SA
GE Fanuc Automation Corporation, established in 1986, is a joint venture of General Electric Co. (GE), USA, one of the world’s largest, most diversified technology, manufacturing and service companies, with roughly 300,000 employees worldwide, and of FANUC Ltd., Japan, an automation pioneer with more than 30 years of experience in factory automation and the global leader in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology.

GE Fanuc Automation Corporation develops products and solutions for the worldwide factory automation market. GE Fanuc Automation Europe, headquartered in Luxembourg, serves customers in Europe, Africa, the Near and Middle East. GE Fanuc Europe employs about 400 people in Luxembourg and at offices located in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Nordic Countries, the Czech Republic and is represented in Poland, Balkan, Dubai, North and South Africa.

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