SPRING Technologies Wins Innovation Award

SPRING Technologies (Paris, France), vendor of software that optimizes the use of numerical control machines, is proud to announce that its NCSIMUL CAM module has won the Innovation Trophies award at France’s Industrie 2016 trade show, in the category “Digital Tools”. The award acknowledges a decisive technological breakthrough. “Programmers have been dreaming of this for 30 years; SPRING has done it,” stated Gilles Battier, the company’s chief executive officer. “Of all the innovations that have been developed since we established the company in 1983, this is the one I am most proud of. Customers have long been hoping to bridge the technological gap. The solution will enable them to step resolutely into the Workshop of the Future.”

Battier continued, “If the Factory 4.0 paradigm is going to help industry anywhere in the world to make the decisions that will be vital for competitive capability, there is no alternative: Factory 4.0 must be flexible and agile. This software has been developed to streamline the digital process and rethink the approach to CNC programming. We bring a concrete answer to today’s issues: a quick and easy way to manage the complexity of technology and production to optimize productivity.”

The innovation embodied in NCSIMUL CAM, a module of the NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS suite, has brought the finishing touch of flexibility to the CAM systems available on the market today. With this software, new NC machines can now be quickly integrated into the production cycle, and existing machines can be redeployed in the shop to optimize their uptime, while tool paths are reprogrammed in just a few clicks to speed up production rates across all types of NC machines.

The three major innovations in NCSIMUL CAM:

1. Machine change in just a few clicks on even machines with differences in kinematics, controller, tools, and cutting conditions, to deliver a fully flexible production tool.
2. Hybrid programming using heterogeneous input data from CAD/CAM systems (3D, tool paths in APT/CLdata format) or existing NC programs (ISO). Error-free program creation and, consequently, a significant reduction in lead times from prototype to mass-production, or in repurposing legacy programs to new machines.
3. No more external post-processors, thereby reducing development costs, debugging cycles and related maintenance.

Philippe Solignac, the corporate marketing director, stated: “Most industrialized nations have introduced substantial programs to provide financial and political support to help their industries become the most competitive by 2020. In France these initiatives include: “Industry of the Future”, while Germany has introduced “Manufacturing 4.0” and the U.S., has its “Manufacturing Renaissance.” All share the same mantra: the need to make manufacturing processes agile and capable of reconfiguring themselves in order to adapt to the demand of fluctuating markets, while maintaining maximum levels of productivity. Today’s manufacturers have to be capable of offering an increasingly customized approach and consequently make their production tools more flexible to completely match their needs. This software is the right answer for all manufacturers seeking to meet this 4.0 challenge, from major corporations to SME.”

SPRING Technologies develops software solutions designed to optimize manufacturing companies’ CNC machines to reduce costs and maximize productivity.

Its product NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS® provides a complete and integrated mastery of the production process from Methods departments to Workshop including NC programming, machining simulation, cutting tool management, CNC program management and real time machine status monitoring.

This unique approach simplifies the digital chain and provides needed tools and flexibility for the implementation of automated factories.

Based in France, Germany, PR China and the U.S., the company was founded in 1983 and collaborates with manufacturers in aerospace and defense, transportation, energy, industrial equipment and medical devices, using CAM software’s such as Catia, NX, Topsolidcam, Mastercam. Through its global network of resellers, the company supports its customers all over the world.

www.ncsimul.com