Siemens Sinumerik 840D Specified As The CNC Of Choice For High-Speed Aerospace Machining

LOS ANGELES - As an integrated system supplier to the machine tool industry, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. has announced that its SINUMERIK 840D computer numerical control (CNC) has been specified by the world's leading manufacturers for high-speed aerospace machining.

Special functions that have been implemented to make five-axis machining simple and convenient include special machine kinematics, five-axis transformation, orientation interpolation, high-performance 3-D tool correction and manual five-axis functions.

The open architecture of the SINUMERIK 840D is ideally suited for integrating the sophisticated five-axis functionality demanded by aerospace manufacturers. The control offers aerospace users innovative high speed features like NURBS and Spline Interpolation to boost productivity without compromising precision or surface finish. These unique features provide increased productivity on the manufacturing floor, especially the challenging segments of high velocity and 5-axis machining.

The Siemens SINUMERIK 840D is a sophisticated CNC system offering a wide range of specialized functions for milling, drilling, turning, grinding and handling technologies. Its capabilities also include nibbling, punching and laser-machining technologies.

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $91.5 billion in fiscal 2004. Founded more than 150 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $16.6 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 430,000 people in 192 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com.

Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. is one of Siemens' operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world's broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems. For more information: www.sea.siemens.com.

Source: Siemens