Advances in Software: for Man, Manufacturing and Production Management 11 th June 2013 Juha Mäkitalo
Topics Prima Power in brief From product performance and automation development to manufacturing process control Software development focus areas Next steps in advanced manufacturing software 2
Our Group: business sectors Machinery Division Laser and sheet metal fabrication machinery: 2D and 3D laser cutting, welding and drilling, punching, combined punching/laser or punching/shearing, bending, automation and FMS. Electronics & laser technologies Industrial electronics (power and control electronics, numerical controls). High power CO 2 and Nd:YAG laser sources for industrial applications. Revenues: ~ 312 M (gross of inter sector items) Revenues: ~ 55 M (gross of inter sector items) 3
Prima Power: product range 4
Product Performance Nibbling speed from 130 to 1200 hpm Energy consumption -80 % (from 20kW to 4kW) Integrated work stages Continuous performance increase on 10 15% 5
Automation Development Compact automation 2D laser automatic part stacking Manufacturing lines including storing 6
Advances in Software Coverage: NC and PLC control of machine motions User interface for machine operation Programming Manufacturing process control 7
Advances in Software Coverage: PC based controlling NC and PLC control of machine motions User interface for machine operation Programming Manufacturing process control 8
Advances in Software Coverage: NC and PLC control of machine motions User interface for machine operation Programming Manufacturing process control High level software 9
Advances in Software High level software: Common platform Automatic programming Automatic manufacturing control Reporting Adaptation to different manufacturing methods Make-to-order Make-to-stock One-piece-flow Batch production 10
User interface and cell control Controls: machine setup operation tools & laser machining order sorting of finished parts Status data Graphical operation, tests, and diagnostics 11
Programming Parts can be nested and tooled automatically Parts can also be nested and manufactured on the basis of product assembly. Integrated scheduling and maintenance to increase uptime Control of production runs, part orders, machine work loads, storage inventory 12
The Factory - From order to delivery 13
Production Planning System Connected to Production Planning System Tulus receives part orders from PPS and sends production and performance reports back The order can come in many forms: 2D / 3D model Different file formats are supported Product structure / assembly / product Parametric production 14
Process monitoring Production orders transferred to the task list of machines or scheduled in machine time calendar Machine calendar for easy work planning Edit active machine task list on the fly Monitor all machines in one view Production and Performance reports 15
Production Reporting Manage, view and report the processed production: Raw material inventory Manufactured parts inventory Completed production orders and nests The reports generated can be printed, shared, or used to report back to ERP The reports can be saved to computer in HTML, CSV, or XML format. 16
Performance Reporting Online machinery performance information; run, idle and fault status Idle times can be specified for more detailed reporting (tool setup, lunch, material setup, etc.) Powerful tool for production monitoring and decision making 17
Next steps in Software User interface development Multi product optimization Feature recognition on 3D models 18
Summary More and more difficult to compete with mechanical product performances Differentiation and competitive advance in machine tool industry is made more and more through software Manufacturing performance can be increased mostly by using advanced software to optimize physical product capacity This applies both to manufacturer and user 19
Thank You Juha Mäkitalo +358 50 57 06 293 juha.makitalo@primapower.com