Productivity Improvement

Productivity Improvement aims to improve the productivity of older machine tools with SINUMERIK 840D whose warranty period has expired. Productivity Improvement can enhance their productivity by up to around 15 %.

When is Productivity Improvement viable?

In general, Productivity Improvement pays for itself in the case of machines that are used intensively, e.g. in 2 or 3-shift operation, with high numbers of machine service hours, or long running times per part. Overall, the lifecycle costs are reduced and the manufactured quantities are increased.

Where is Productivity Improvement applied?

The Productivity Improvement service supplied by Siemens starts in the CNC: The higher computing performance achieved by modernization of the control system hardware shortens all system-related dead times and also supports the use of a new software version. This, in turn, incorporates the important technological advances of recent years. On your machines, therefore, high-quality, efficient control algorithms and new productivity-enhancing CNC functions can be used. The desired productivity improvement is often achieved with just these two measures.

Productivity can be improved even further by other measures, e.g. optimization of CNC programs or of a CAD/CAM interface.

All these measures shorten the machining times and downtimes without subjecting the overall mechanical system to higher levels of wear or the electrical system to critical thermal overloading.

How is Productivity Improvement actually performed?

The organizational process for Productivity Improvement follows a defined, quality-assured process:

The general procedure is to disturb normal operation as little as possible.

After the electrical equipment currently in use on your machine tool with SINUMERIK 840D and the machining processes have been documented, the potential for productivity improvement is assessed.

The optimization measures requested by the customer are prepared by Siemens first in the laboratory and verified in a simulation – production at the customer site continues to run normally during this phase. Implementation at the machine is then performed in the shortest possible time.