XMC 5 Robot – CNC HMI Solution for Kuka® robots

XMC 5 Robot is a latest generation HMI for SmartPad Kuka® capable of converting a general purpose Kuka® robot into a machining center. Simple and intuitive HMI, able to manage multiple technologies including:

  • Milling & Drilling (stone, wood, foam, resin, other)
  • Trimming & Deburring
  • Plasma, laser, blade, wire cutting and waterjet
  • Grinding & Polishing
  • Welding
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Advanced robotics (cooperative robotics , double spindle milling, part to tool, rail, rotary, robot & CNC machine)

Main functions of XMC 5 Robot

• Automatic tool change management with length correctors
• Presetting management for measuring tool length
• Management of bases and tools with tool table
• Manual controls for manual and automatic tool management
• Specific configurations for mechanized plasma cutting torch
• Specific configurations for laser source management
• Specific configurations for managing metering systems
• Specific configurations for managing multi-head combined systems
• Complete diagnostics with alarm I/O display
• Remote remote assistance

• Display of the position of the robot joints
• Display of the A7 rotary table axis
• Display of the guide axis A8
• Single axis or interpolated jog movements
• Jog movements with SpaceMouse 6D®
• Import of the part program from USB or network
• Start, stop, pause and restart of the work
• Display of the working time
• Spindle overfeed 0-100%
• Overfeed axes 0-100%

Application technologies of XMC 5 Robot

XMC 5 Robot in addition to the axes movement system, it allows the management of the anthropomorphic robot for three-dimensional milling.

A wide range of commands can be combined with the machining tools: power control, spindle rotation, tool magazine management, pick & place optimization, etc.

Tangential cut head
Tangential cut head
Tangential cut head
Plasma cutting source
Plasma cutting source
Plasma cutting source
Laser cutting source
Laser cutting source
Laser cutting source
Milling spindle
Milling spindle
Milling spindle

HMI software interface of SmartPAD Kuka®

XMC 5 Robot HMI  (Human Machine Interface) software interface provides a series of commands to manage the Kuka® robot like a machine tool. It allows you to import the machining file in ISO G-Code format and have an intuitive preview of the handling commands and the configuration of the machining tool.

4.0 Analytics – Data analysis software

Monitor productivity and machine status, locally and remotely according to industry 4.0 standards

Production data (production.csv)

  • Part program start (year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
  • End of the part program (year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
  • Net machine time in progress
  • Gross execution time (this time includes any breaks and suspensions)
  • Part program ended (detects the correct completion of the part program or not)

Machine status (life.csv)

  • Date and time
  • Running machine time
  • Paused machine time
  • Stopped machine time
  • Machine time in manual
  • Machine time in alarm
  • Spindle time in rotation
  • Offline machine time

Error data (errors.csv)

  • Date on which the error was generated (year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
  • Error code

Software CAD/CAM compatible

XMC 5 Robot is compatible with the main CAD/ CAM software, the software interface allows you to import and execute the machining files in the ISO G-code format generated with the main CAM software available on the market.

The design process

CAD 

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is the use of computers to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. CAD software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve communications through documentation and to create a database for manufacturing.

CAM 

Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) is the use of software and computer-controlled machinery to automate a manufacturing process. Based on that definition, you need three components for a CAM system to function: Software that tells a machine how to make a product by generating toolpaths.

CNC 

CNC means Computer Numerical Control. This means a computer converts the design produced by Computer Aided Design software (CAD), into numbers. The numbers can be considered to be the coordinates of a graph and they control the movement of the cutter.