It's official, CIMCO A/S has released Shop Floor Screens for CIMCO MDC-Max. This useful feature will allow you to visualize your environment and view real time status of your machines. Make sure you have active maintenance before upgrading to version 8.03.00 or newer to enable this feature. This is a video tutorial on how to get started, but before we get to that here are some … [Read more...]
How about Machine Simulation in an NC Editor
If you've ever done any CAM programming you will probably find this familiar. The post processor you spent money, time and a few caffeine fueled evenings trying to perfect produced some odd code and created a real problem for you in your complex CNC machine. For years CIMCO Editor users have spent a few minutes validating their post processed g-code using backplot. It looks a … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Eliminate Waste in Advanced Manufacturing using CIMCO Software
What is the ultimate result of improving efficiency in advanced manufacturing? The products coming out the door are of expected quality, in needed quantities, produced when needed, and margins are improved. Customers, stake holders, share holders and employees are all benefactors. This boils down to a competitive edge, a business that will survive through good and bad times, a … [Read more...]
Coming Soon Shop Floor Screens for CIMCO MDC
At the end of March we shared with you the next generation CIMCO Web MDC Client. This week we have some really cool news about another feature that will be available soon, Shop Floor Screens. These customized representations of your plants or departments allow you to see the status of all your equipment based on where it is located. Before you get started using the system you … [Read more...]
New CIMCO MDC Web Client Now Available
As a part of a significant update, version 8.01 of CIMCO Software, the CIMCO MDC-Web client shared recently here is now available to customers with valid maintenance. Not being predictable the developers had a few more tricks up their sleeve and this final version has some excellent added features including the ability to remove the overview bar scale from and to scale the size … [Read more...]
One critical option to consider when buying a new CNC machine
CNC machines can be quite expensive, and they should be. They are complex machines often capable of the magical manufacturing duty of turning a piece of raw material into something more intricate with another purpose while maintaining extreme precision. The parts made on CNC machines are in every room of your home and business. Right under your nose right now, there are … [Read more...]
Drag and Drop Sending with CIMCO DNC-Max (Video)
Something that is frequently requested from customers using DNC-Max with DNC Max Client alone is the ability to drag and drop to send files. It has been possible for quite a while to do this on the machine where DNC Max server is running. That is not enough for many of us, in fact people who don't have the luxury of using CIMCO MDM or NC-Base to organize their programs are … [Read more...]
CIMCO MDC Web Client Preview (Video)
Back on May 6th we introduced you to some clean concept images of the upcoming MDC-Max Web Client. The images were pretty stunning, so it was easy to imagine that the actual interface may not quite live up to them. I was recently given the opportunity to install the current build of the client and wow did it not disappoint. Oddly as much as I love how it looks, I was more … [Read more...]
How to Drip Feed using CIMCO DNC-Max or Edit
When Drip Feeding is necessary Most new CNC controls are now Ethernet capable and support Windows networking for file transfer and offer plenty of room for storage. There are, however, a huge number of perfectly functional CNC machines out there with older controls that support only RS-232 for file transmission. We also see a number of machines where the company orders them … [Read more...]
The Plea for SSD
Mechanical hard disks have reached some great heights in terms of both performance and storage. They are great when you require low cost and large quantities of space. They are very inferior though, when compared to Solid State Drives, or SSD's. In fact Storage Review noted a couple of really important differences in their article SSD vs. Hdd: SSD boot time is 20-30 … [Read more...]