Presenter: Kartik Iyer

MetaCAM Enterprise is an Integrated Production Environment (IPE) that manages and automates production from a single window

ERP Data Engineering (CAD) Data

Production (Shop Floor)

Top Level Block Diagram

Estimator / Sales Rep

Supervisor Monitor Process (Dashboard)

Edit Jobs, Approve Layouts

Operator Control Process Parts on machine

Give feedback

Enterprise Server Auto Tool and Archive in Part Library

CAD CAM Workstation Search Parts and Create Jobs

Engineering/ Design

Planner

Plant Manager

Enterprise Structural Flowchart

Traditional Part Tooling Process

• Involves a Trained Programmer

Limitations

• Programmer manually programs the part

• Repetitive tasks that can often result in errors

• Time consuming process

• Often a specialist skill developed creates dependencies

• 9 -5, M – F, not a lights out process

Features: • Automatically tool parts for multiple machines • Quickly locate tooling errors and rectify them • Suppress machines from programming certain

type of parts • Update revisions across all machines on the

shop floor • Only preview parts with errors and leave the

rest to Enterprise

Super Tooler

Benefits: • Programing time reduced drastically • Enables to get parts out of machines even in

the absence of a programmer. 24/7/365 • Eliminates manual errors.

Traditional File Storage

• On windows file servers

Limitations

• Slow Access

• Large Volumes of Data

• Opening a CAM file can take up to a few minutes.

• Sometimes searching for the file takes longer than actual tooling time.

Power Search

Features: • Create custom queries and save them

for reuse • Search for Parts by name, material,

size, tools or all these criteria • Filter and Group parts by properties

for easy analysis • Search through all types of files –

Metacam, Soldiworks, DXF, 3d CAD

Benefit: • Reduces search time to fraction of the original • Seamless connection to CAD data

Traditional Revision Tracking

• Mostly non-existant in CAM systems

• Driven by the CAD software

Limitations

• History of old data unavailable

• Difficult to spot the changes

• Redo complex manual tooling with every tool change

Revision Tracking

Features: • Track revision differences • Inherit information from previous versions

(tooling, material etc.) • Compare and review any two revisions to see

changes

Benefit: • Even old revisions can be fabricated bringing in

flexibility to the whole system • Real time revision tracking leading to less errors

Traditional Operator Interface

• Paper packets with job information

Limitations

• Limited Data with limited detail

• Wastage of large amounts of paper

• Difficult to search through completed jobs or in process jobs.

• No graphical or video priviews.

Operator Interfaces

Features: • Scheduled nests

automatically appear on the Operator console

• Operator can run jobs and keep track of nests

• NC code and standard reports are easily available

Benefits: • Reduce the overall paper trail in the shop • Actively keep track of jobs completed at each machine • Error parts can be reported and sent back for renest in real

time

Traditional Scheduler Interface

• Performed by planning department

Limitations

• Involves several levels of human verification.

• Unsure of reliability of data.

• Difficult to get a overview of total picture

• Data is not real time.

Scheduler

Features: • Automatically transfer data to the shop

floor • Keep track of production at each machine • Operator records production and reports

scrapped parts

Benefits: • Eliminates manual data transfer to the shop floor • Keep track of live data on the shop floor • Faster reaction to issues on the floor • Predict bottlenecks before they hit you.

Traditional Design Data

• Independent department with less to do with production

Limitations

• Design changes take time to propagate to the floor.

• Disconnect between manufacturing and design.

Example SolidWorks Integration

Features: • Import sldprt into Enterprise

from Solidworks directly • Automatically create part files

from sldprt files • Manage multiple revisions

Benefits: • Seamless workflow (conversion from

CAD to CAM) • Ease of use • CAD to CAM without losing any CAD

data • Less time to program

Traditional Data Analysis

• Typically no data recorded results hence no data analysis.

Limitations

• Unable to identify bottlenecks

• Results in lower productivity

• Dependent on feedback from the floor that is not reliable.

Enterprise – Next Step

• Operator Console - Press Brakes

– Flat Development View

– Press Brake program / Simulation

– Track the production status by work cell.

Data Analysis

Features: • Discover which machine/operator gives you

most productivity • Be informed when you have to replace

ageing tools • Keep track of productivity of each operator

on a shift

Benefits: • Less time to make decisions • Know whether you have to increase

capacity • Find out if any machine needs maintenance • Schedule jobs on machines based on their

work load

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