Siemens Hosts 2018 SCADA/IPS Days
The company’s management, sales and support teams as well as solution partners and end user companies gathered for product presentations, technology discussions and a market trend outlook.

Now Is the Time to Digitally Connect Your Factory
People and processes will interact more effectively when digitalization makes it easy to share data on an internet-enabled network.

Manufacturing News of Note: March 2018
IMTS 2018 opens registration, partnership enables remote access to CNCs, and other industry news.

Machining in America 2018 to be Held in Detroit
Siemens and Electro-Matic are hosting the event March 14-15, focusing on collaboration and digitalization.

Automation Software Digitizes Subtractive, Additive Part Manufacturing
Siemens is releasing the latest version of the NX software for additive manufacturing, CNC machining, robotics and quality inspection, enabling the digitization of part manufacturing within a single, integrated end-to-end system.

CNC Interface Facilitates Manufacture of Complex Workpieces
Siemens Industry’s Sinumerik Operate integrates HMI-Advanced, ShopMill and ShopTurn into a single machine tool user interface.

CCAM Secures Funding to Build Apprenticeship Academy
The state and federal funds will be used to construct an academy that will create industry-driven curricula to enhance advanced manufacturing in Virginia.

How Part Data Control Will Expand and Simplify the Supply Chain
Digital rights management for manufactured part files will enable OEMs to enforce manufacturing requirements at a distance, as an alternative to in-person certification of suppliers.

Siemens Program Helps Partners Develop IoT Solutions
The MindSphere Partner Program leverages open platform-as-a-service capabilities and enables partners to develop business and technology solutions.

Siemens Partners with Identify3D for Manufacturing IP Theft Protection
ID3D has integrated its security and traceability technology into the Sinumerik CNC and Siemens PLM portfolio for data encryption and decryption.

CNC Software Compensates for Axis Nodding
Siemens is releasing new functions with its Sinumerik 4.8 CNC software, designed to significantly improve the speed, precision and safety of machine tools.

What Is an IIoT Platform?
The foundation of data-driven manufacturing is an IIoT platform: the hardware and software package that connects devices and equipment and enables management of data flows and applications.

CNC Directly Incorporates Robot Controls
As a result of a cooperative agreement with Comau, Siemens offers the jointly-engineered Sinumerik Run MyRobot DirectControl enabling the integration of robot kinematics into a CNC system.

The DMDII Is a Showcase for Digital Manufacturing
A tour of Siemens’ Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute in Chicago revealed the potential scope of the “digital enterprise” concept. 

Siemens, FFG Partner to Consolidate Machine Tool Digitalization Efforts
The effort joins Siemens’ Digital Enterprise Suite and MindSphere operating system with the Taiwanese manufacturer’s machine tool technology.

CNC Software Is the Sensor
Recent developments in CNC technology enable the use of add-on software for monitoring cutting conditions in the machine tool.

Control Technology Provider Demonstrates How CNC Advances Factory Digitalization
How users and builders of machine tools can benefit from factory digitalization and integration is the main theme of the Siemens booth at EMO 2017. Highlights include enhancements to the company’s Sinumerik CNC software as well as the introduction of MindSphere, a cloud-based platform for hosting applications that enable manufacturing companies to more fully digitalize their operations.