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About Kevin Payne

Kevin Payne is a CNC Automation Specialist who joined Managed Solutions in February of 2019. He has 18 years experience on the shop floor, 12 of them running CNCs and EDMs making injection molds of mil-spec parts. Kevin is an active learner with both Windows and CISCO infrastructure experience. He joined Managed Solutions after seeking an opportunity that would allow him to use more of his capabilities as well as challenge him with learning new skills.

CIMCO Tech Tip – Connecting Excel to the CIMCO Database using ODBC

December 13, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management does a great job of storing and controlling all of your manufacturing data. CIMCO Machine Data Collection does a great job tracking all of your machine metrics. They both also include a complete report system that can be customized and accessed via their respective clients. As is often the case, sometimes you may want to include some of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: Excel, Industry 4.0, MDC, MDM, ODBC, Reports, Tech Tips

CIMCO Tech Tip – Adding Percent handling to a Standard Serial Port

November 26, 2019 by Kevin Payne 2 Comments

Today we will be looking at the procedure for adding the ability to handle “%” signs to a standard serial port. This will allow us to run programs that do not have percent signs on machines that require them at the beginning and end of programs without editing the program. Let’s say for instance that we have a machine down and need to run production on another machine. We don’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: DNC Max, RS232, Tech Tips

CIMCO MDM and Mastercam Integration Pt. 2

November 19, 2019 by Kevin Payne 2 Comments

CIMCO MDM to Mastercam Integration

Dynamic Lists and Import Features. In part 1 of this series, we went over setting up the MDM configuration, copying the chooks over, and customizing the ribbon in Mastercam to add the CIMCO buttons to it. As promised in the first article we'll cover the setup of the dynamic tool list and the actual process of performing the exchange between MDM and Mastercam. Setting up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO MDM, Industry4.0, Manufacturing Data Management, Mastercam, Tech Tips

CIMCO MDC Andon Solution

November 14, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

Have you thought about Implementing an Andon station on your shop floor? Do you have CIMCO MDC-Max running in your shop already? If you answered yes to either of these questions then it is easier to deploy than you think. What is Andon? Before we look at how, let's take a brief look at what Andon means in manufacturing. Wikipedia defines Andon as: A manufacturing term … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: Andon, CIMCO MDC, Industry4.0

CIMCO MDM and Mastercam Integration Pt. 1

November 11, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

CIMCO MDM to Mastercam Integration

Setting Up the Interface between MDM and Mastercam One of the benefits of CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management (MDM) is that it provides numerous ways to save you time while adding and working with your data. One example is integration with popular CAM software packages. Today we'll be sharing how to go about setting up the MDM interface with Mastercam. This gives you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO MDM, Industry4.0, Manufacturing Data Management, Mastercam, Tech Tips

Running MDC-Max as a Stand Alone Service

August 27, 2019 by Kevin Payne 3 Comments

This article describes the process for separating MDC-Max from the DNC-Max service. This can be useful for troubleshooting a problem in your configuration. It is also handy for getting an accurate measurement of resources required for each of the two components of the system. This is not a complicated task, but there are several steps that need to be done in order to minimize … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO, CIMCO Software Version 8, DNC Max, MDC-Max

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