Tombstone Management System

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	Tombstone Management & Machine Simulation

GibbsCAM Tombstone Management System & Machine Simulation

GibbsCAM Tombstone Management System™ enables you to:

• Lay-out multi-part setups
• Generate multi-part programs
• Automatically create program offsets

Tombstone machining provides an effective way of moving more material through a machine tool while minimizing human intervention. With the GibbsCAM TMS Option, the time it takes to position and program multi-part setup on a tombstone fixture is greatly reduced.

The GibbsCAM TMS option allows the user to effectively duplicate piece part programs and set-ups across multiple locations and sides of a tombstone fixture. The overall time required to create multi-part processes are significantly reduced using TMS, sometimes as much as a tenth of the previous methods. 

GibbsCAM TMS was specifically designed to streamline the programming of multiple parts on tombstone fixtures. The user interactively positions the parts on the faces of the tombstone using GibbsCAM’s graphical orientation tools. Setup parameters are then provided to the system to define cutting strategies. The system then automatically generates the corresponding offsets and rotations necessary to machine the various parts according to their location and machining strategies. 

Using GibbsCAM TMS, the programmer defines the placement of parts on tombstones along with master part programs. Different Parts can be machined on each side of the tombstone. Once placed, the system then creates a representation example and offsets the programs for all similar parts on the tombstone. 

The results can then be viewed using the
GibbsCAM Machine Simulation option to avoid any programming mistakes which would be costly errors at the machine tool. 
TMS requires Machine Simulation Module.

GibbsCAM Machine Simulation

•  Create machine tool models
•  Simulate motion of NC programs
•  Detect collisions between machine tool, part,
•  fixtures and tooling

New Machine Simulation for MTM

for Multi-Tasking Machines

GibbsCAM MTM Machine Simulation is even a more important tool that employs software to protect your large investment by avoiding costly crashes and improving your complex processes.

MTM Machine Simulation provides for:

• Checking of the rotation points of the turret(s)
• Locating and visualizing the tail stock and, or sub spindle
• Creating Tool Groups
• Setting accurate Turret positions, steps and angles

Also available for Turning and Mill/Turn CNCs

 5-axis simultaneous milling machine tools can also use the new Machine Simulation with GibbsCAM

GibbsCAM Machine Simulation uses models of machine tools to simulate and validate the machining motion, verify the NC program, check times and processes prior to actually running the NC program and identifies possible collisions all off-line. 

Users start by building an exact model of their specific machine tool, assembling the various components and defining the axes of motion. It is then setup with fixturing and tooling in the same way the real machine tool would be configured on the shop floor.

GibbsCAM Machine Simulation has the capability to allow a dry run of the part program motion to be validated off-line minimizing or eliminating the time spent validating the program on a machine tool. This saves time and money by avoiding costly mistakes, avoiding damage to tooling and equipment or wasted materials.

GibbsCAM Machine Simulation checks the machine tool motion as defined by the CNC program validating it to ensure that collisions do not occur. Full visualization control allows control of playback speed, display of interferences and look-at/look-from locations. The transparency of components can be modified to allow viewing angles or sight lines not normally possible within the real environment. Even looking straight down on the machine tool! GibbsCAM Machine Simulation reduces prove-out time on the machine tool freeing them up to spend more time cutting metal.

Call JMR Systems for more information on how GibbsCAM Tombstone Management and Machine Simulation will help you utilize your machine investment to its fullest.