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CNC control A crash-free future? How Module Works aims to eliminate CNC collisions by 2030

A guest post by Dr. Yavuz Murtezaoglu* 6 min Reading Time

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Can CNC machine crashes be eliminated by 2030? Dr. Yavuz Murtezaoglu of Module Works believes it’s possible — with real-time simulation, industry-wide collaboration, and a common data standard. In this article, he shares the engineering journey behind the Collision Avoidance System (CAS), the challenges of job setup, and how the open MDES format could help turn this bold vision into reality.

By integrating real-time simulation with machine data and job setup inputs, engineers are tackling one of CNC machining’s biggest challenges.(Source: Module Works)
By integrating real-time simulation with machine data and job setup inputs, engineers are tackling one of CNC machining’s biggest challenges.
(Source: Module Works)

First of all, I would like to share a statement from Volvo, a car maker known for putting great focus on safety. They have been building very strong and safe cars, and people feel safe driving a Volvo car. They made the following statement and shared this publicly: “Volvo has set a bold vision that no Volvo car should be involved in a fatal or serious injury crash by 2030”. Now, imagine transferring this bold vision to CNC machining and consider eliminating all CNC machine crashes by 2030. For an engineer, such a vision is very exciting and challenging both, since there are so many things to be solved to get there. Is this vision achievable by 2030? Let's take a look together.

Our journey started 10 years ago with a machine tool builder in Europe building high-end 5-axis CNC machines asking us to provide real-time simulation capable of identifying collisions and stopping the machine to avoid machine crashes. With great support and collaboration of the CNC control manufacturer, we were able to get around 1 second of future data of the machine position. This allowed us to calculate all the moving parts of the machine and the removed material of the workpiece and decide in this time buffer very reliably if there is a collision ahead or not. We called this CAS standing for Collision Avoidance System.

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