Zoller

Consistent Networking Must Reach the Shop Floor (Manufacturing Engineering)

"The increasingly broad range of products calls for a wide variety of different tools and for frequent tool changes. This means that the greatest variable in the production process is located squarely between machine spindle and workpiece: The tool!" states Christoph Zoller, CEO, who then goes on to say: "This variable is one, that can be managed by ZOLLER using networked systems.

Tool data are processed in such a way that, at every step in production, the requisite tool data are being provided – from the planning stage, the creation of a CNC program, the inspection of tools or the transfer of data from presetter to machine in a compatible format for the controllers involved. We have lots of experience with this, and have undertaken some forward-thinking and pioneering work. Indeed, the open-ness of ZOLLER products to all systems involved in the production process has been our hallmark characteristic right from day one".