EuroWire November 2023

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End-to-end digital twin of a machine tool Technology company Siemens and DMG Mori, a supplier of machine tools for turning, milling, grinding and additive manufacturing, are presenting the first end-to-end digital twin for machine tool machining on Siemens Xcelerator. DMG Mori digital twin, we’re enabling our customers to achieve higher productivity by shifting unproductive tasks from the machine to the virtual world. As an open, digital business platform, Siemens Xcelerator will accelerate our digital transformation.”

sustainable industry standards, the project allowed end-of life equipment to be converted into new raw materials, with the slings and ropes being processed to minimise disposal and avoid concerns about landfill efficiencies. Discussing the success of the trial, managing director Bertwin Zonneveld said, “The success of this pilot initiative has shown fantastic promise, providing a sustainable alternative to high-carbon producing industry standards. Early signs as a result of the trial showed that if circular rope projects like this were implemented on a structural level, operators have the chance to substantially reduce their carbon foot- print, saving as much as 36,000kg of CO 2 emissions. An exciting solution that will contribute to operators who are looking to reach sustainability targets, it’s also cost-effective whilst providing an extra life cycle for products whenever possible.” Hendrik Veder Group www.hendrikvedergroup.com solutions to This allows NC programs to be complete ly programmed, simulated and optimised in a virtual environment before work pieces are actually manufactured. Achim Peltz, CEO of Siemens Motion Control, commented, “With this partner- ship, Siemens and DMG Mori are demonstrating on Siemens Xcelerator the opportunities that the joint and end-to-end use of digitalisation offers for productivity, speed, flexibility and thus, future viability. This applies to the machine users as well as in the core to the machine tool manufacturers. Siemens Xcelerator’s approach of bringing different partners together in an ecosystem for the benefit of all is impressively demonstrated by the partnership between Siemens and DMG Mori.” The open digital business platform Siemens Xcelerator creates an ecosystem of partners to jointly accelerate digital transformation, tailored to customers’ specific business goals. It consists of a selected portfolio of products, services and solutions as well as a marketplace. Siemens AG www.siemens.com

Henrik Veder Group provides products, training and solutions that include the wholesale of steel wire rope, and the production of single-laid wire rope slings, as well as heavy lift products. The company’s UK branch is marking the success of a recent trial project that saved 36,000kg of CO 2 emissions. The project, arranged and delivered on behalf of a global company in the energy industry, was the trial stage for a new sustainable circular fibre rope project. Using its network of partners and a 15+ year vendor relationship, Hendrik Hendrik Veder Group offers alternative sustainable solutions Based on the Digital Native CNC Sinumerik One, the offering includes the digital twin of the controller, the customer-specific DMG Mori machine tool, and the workpiece. A digital twin for machines enables improvements for meeting the challenges of sustainability, flexibility and time-to-market. It helps prevent programming errors that cause scrap and damage to the real machine, and enables up to 40 per cent faster production ramp-up, reducing the energy consumption of the real machine. It is also claimed to help minimise unpro ductive machine times by up to 75 per cent, because the testing and running-in of programs is moved from the real ma chine to the virtual world. the relationship and interaction between suppliers and customers across the entire lifecycle of a machine tool,” said Alfred Geißler, CEO of DMG Mori. “With our “Digital twins will change

Sinumerik One is an advanced CNC system for productive machine tools based on the interaction of the virtual and real worlds. Through its digital twin, Sinumerik One is a key element for digital transformation and helps simulate and test machining processes entirely virtually.

DMG Mori and Siemens are presenting an end-to-end digital twin for machine tool machining

Celebrating the success of carbon emissions reduction project

Veder Group’s Aberdeen office identified the solution before coordinating the inspection, collection and processing of around 18 metric tons worth of used lifting slings. Following the collection of synthetic lift ing and mooring equipment, the circular process that was applied allowed raw materials to be salvaged and adopted into a closed-loop recycling formula. From this, the raw materials can be re purposed into new products to be used by operators. project, delivered in collaboration with the company’s branch in Rotterdam, Netherlands, proved to be effective, saving not just emissions but the time and costs involved in comparison with incineration processing. Hendrik Veder also found that the commercial value of the initiative was higher than the initial cost of the set-up. As part of Hendrik Veder Group’s commitment to providing alternative, The sustainability-focused

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