Give Machine Operators the Confidence to Run the Program
What is ESPRIT Shop Floor Viewer?
A scaled-down version of ESPRIT CAM that allows users to have a complete view of the machine process before executing the program for safety reasons.
Shop Floor Viewer is a helpful tool for Machine Operators, Operations Managers, and Job Quoting. From ensuring safety to improving efficiency and productivity, it’s an option you shouldn’t live without.
Scroll down to read the full list of features and benefits that Shop Floor Viewer can bring to your work.
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Why ESPRIT Shop Floor Viewer?
- Run a 3D Digital Twin simulation without tying up a full programming license
- See exactly what will happen at the machine before you ever cut a chip – what you see is what you get
- View the entire machining environment, including stock materials, fixtures, and clamps in dynamic, solid-shaded graphics
- All the kinematic action of your machine is displayed in real time, giving you an incredibly accurate verification of the entire machining process
Who can benefit from Shop Floor Viewer?
Machine Operators:
- Gain the confidence to run the process, knowing everything is safe:
- Facilitate the operator to check and confirm machining and tooling parameters before running the program
- Enable the operator to know what is coming up in a program - verify at critical points that the machine is where they are expecting it to be
Operations Managers:
- Check high-level information that can impact daily production and improve productivity:
- Types of raw materials
- Machining setups
- The list of tool assemblies needed
- Types of machine
- Machining cycle times
Job Quoting:
- Provide an efficient tool for job quoting:
- Understands the challenges of new parts machining
- Produces more accurate cost estimates for programming and machining the parts
- Provides greater confidence that projects will be delivered on-time, to budget, and producing an acceptable profit margin
What can you do with Shop Floor Viewer?
Machine Operators:
- Run program simulation and see exactly what will happen at the machine
- Check datum positions
- Confirm the size of the block to be machined
- Review the toolpaths that will be run on the machine
- Check for collisions or near-misses
- Validate tool assemblies to check that the right holder assembly is being used
- Estimate machining cycle times
- Check the overall machining process through operation list, and review each operation in detail
Operations Managers:
- Determine what shape and size of block will be needed
- Quickly review the overall machining process, to understand if/when a part will need to be transferred to a different fixture setup or to a separate machine
- Provides access to a list of all tool assemblies needed
- See what machine(s) are being used to produce a given part
- Estimated cutting times for toolpaths and NC programs
Job Quoting:
- Import CAD models to review the geometry (Native file readers for ACIS, DXF, IGES, Inventor (*.ipt, *.iam), Parasolid (X_T, X_B), Solid Edge (*.par, *.psm, *.asm), SolidWorks (*.sldprt, *.sldasm), STEP, STL, VDA, 3DM, JT, 3D PDF)
- Decide which CNC machine tool should be used (e.g. 3-axis or 5-axis, milling or turning)
- Confirm if the part can be produced in a single setup/machine or if multiple processes will be required
- Use ESPRIT’s geometry measure to identify features that will need 3+2 or 5-axis machining
- Plan work-holding options and the impact this has on the machining process