How Thyssenkrupp Presta automates CAM programming

Streamlining CAD/CAM operations How Thyssenkrupp Presta automates CAM programming

2024-01-22 Source: Open Mind 2 min Reading Time

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The Toolmaking and Technology Centre (WTZ) at Thyssenkrupp Presta Steering in Switzerland has significantly streamlined its CAM programming process by adopting Hypermill from Open Mind Technologies. This move, initially aimed at leveraging advanced 5-axis strategies, now includes the automated creation of NC codes.

Gear forming die including pressure and packer plate: Thanks to the Hypermill Automation Center, programming now only takes 30 minutes instead of up to ten hours.(Source: WTZ Thyssenkrupp Presta) — Gear forming die including pressure and packer plate: Thanks to the Hypermill Automation Center, programming now only takes 30 minutes instead of up to ten hours.
(Source: WTZ Thyssenkrupp Presta)

The Toolmaking and Technology Centre (WTZ) of Thyssenkrupp Presta Steering in Oberegg, Switzerland, has automated its CAM programming with Hypermill. After opting for the CAD/CAM suite from Open Mind Technologies a few years ago in order to utilise advanced 5-axis strategies, the WTZ now also automates the creation of NC codes. For some part families, the programming effort has been reduced from hours to minutes.

It was not only Hypermill's 5-axis technology that played a key role in the evaluation of various CAM systems. The ease of programming with the help of macros also spoke in favour of the CAD/CAM suite from Open Mind. The toolmaking department at Thyssenkrupp Presta Steering has now gone one step further by using the Hypermill Automation Centre. Christoph Steiner, Project Manager Production Planning, praises the macro and feature technology in Hypermill, but states: “However, we achieve the greatest savings with the Hypermill Automation Centre, which offers even more options. It allows us to standardise and automate even complex process sequences.”

Christoph Steiner, Project Manager Production Planning: “Hypermill is the ideal CAM solution for us with the additional Hyper-CAD-S CAD module and various automation options.”(Source: Open Mind) — Christoph Steiner, Project Manager Production Planning: “Hypermill is the ideal CAM solution for us with the additional Hyper-CAD-S CAD module and various automation options.”
(Source: Open Mind)

Defined operations

Reiner Burk, Vice President OEM Partner Management at Open Mind and long-time supervisor of the WTZ, explains: “Our automation environment accesses all Hyper-CAD-S and Hypermill commands and customises them. This allows users to specify which operation they want to use for a particular geometry — for example, equidistant finishing or another strategy. They can even specify how the blank is positioned and clamped.”

Automating the programming process is particularly worthwhile for part families where similar components have to be programmed repeatedly, differing only in size and in the number and shape of the surfaces, holes and threads to be machined. Steiner cites the gear forming die for a gear rack as a prime example — a forging tool that is required in various sizes and shapes. It used to take eight to ten hours to programme each tool. Thanks to the Hypermill Automation Centre, the programmer is now finished in 20 to 30 minutes.

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