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Siemens ShopMill

The Siemens ShopMill control offers highly sophisticated production capabilities whilst maintaining operator ease of use with ‘plain speaking’ programming procedures.

Our continued partnership with Siemens enables us to keep your production methods at the cutting edge of technology and you’re safe in the knowledge that all are fully backed with some of the best trained and resourced Service Engineers in Europe.

PCU20 Control Hardware

  • Three, four or five axis CNC control capability.
  • Industrial grade PC hardware.
  • 1.2 Mb of program memory space.
  • Flash card expandable (option).
  • Cat 5 network capability (option).
  • RS 232 Interface.
  • 10 Gb Hard drive option on PCU50.
  • 10.42 TFT colour display.
  • Remote electronic handwheel.

Software functions

  • Software functions.
  • Conversational or G code programming supported.
  • Easy to navigate menus.
  • Colour graphics.
  • Comprehensive Help screens.
  • Calculation inputs.
  • Background editing.
  • DNC capability.
  • Macro programming.
  • Fanuc translator (optional).
  • Tool descriptions with offsets and wear.
  • Reapproach to contour when machining interrupted.
  • Cut copy and paste of program events.
  • Program management with directory capability.

Programming features

Straight/circle function

  • Straight line.
  • Arc with Centre.
  • Arc with radius.
  • Polar straight.
  • Polar Circle.
  • Tool changing.

Drilling Function

  • Centre drill.
  • Drill.
  • Ream.
  • Deep hole drill with full retract or chip break.
  • Boring with back off or pull out.
  • Rigid tapping right and left hand.
  • Peck rigid tapping right or left hand.
  • Thread milling single or multi tooth tool.
  • Drill thread mill routine for thriller tools.

Machine mode functions

  • Jog or handwheel control of axis in rapid or feed.
  • Creation of central tool library.
  • Manual tool changing.
  • Carousel loading facility.
  • Datum setting including Edge, corner, hole and spigot.
  • Up to 5 Datum positions settable (Option 99 max).
  • Master rotation of part within datum setting function.
  • Tool length and diam­eter setting in manual or automatic mode (Table probe required).
  • Machine positioning with screen prompts.
  • Part preparation with face milling routine.

Milling Function

  • Face milling parallel to X or Y axis.
  • Rectangular pocket rough or finish with plunge, ramp or helical entry.
  • Circular pocket rough or finish with plunge, ramp or helical entry.
  • Rectangular spigot rough or finish.
  • Circular Spigot rough or finish.
  • Slot milling straight edge.
  • Slot milling circular.
  • Engraving.

Pattern function for drilling and pockets

  • Single positions.
  • Line of holes at angle equally spaced.
  • Grid pattern square or angled.
  • Pitch circle diameter full or part circle.

Contour Processor Function

  • Powerful contour creation using linear, linear polar, circle, circle polar with tangent and angular input.
  • Path milling for multi depth cutting of profiles with finish pass including ramp on / off profile.
  • Solid machining for pocket machining with plunge, ramp or helical entry.
  • Solid machining for pockets with islands with plunge, ramp or helical entry.
  • Residual machining for pocket routine when material removal after roughing.

Translation Function

  • Datum shift.
  • Mirror image.
  • Rotation.
  • Scaling.
  • Tracyl for wrapping flat program around cylinder (4th axis required).
  • Simulation.
  • Plan view.
  • 3 planes with cut through section.
  • Full isometric with rotation and cut

    through section

Automatic Function

  • Execute program from Program screen.
  • Single block operation.
  • Dry run facility.
  • Real time graphics.
  • Block processing time 7 Ms.
  • Feed override 0 - 120%.
  • Spindle override 50 - 120%.
  • Block search for program start from selected event.
  • Hole position search when starting program.