DMG MORI and HAIMER expand partnership to accelerate the "Tool Room of the Future"
Entering into an extended level of global strategic cooperation (from left to right): Koichi Nosaka (President HAIMER Japan K.K.), Andreas Haimer (President Haimer Group), Dr. Masahiko Mori (President of DMG MORI Co., Ltd.) and Kentaro Blumenstengel (Executive Officer DMQP and President of DMG MORI Technium)
After working together for nearly twenty years, the cooperation between DMG MORI and HAIMER will now include adding the latest HAIMER software to DMG MORI Qualified Products (DMQP) for worldwide resale.
"Working closely with HAIMER as a long-term partner advances our machining transformation (MX) and digital transformation (DX) strategy by integrating worldwide leading shrink fit, balancing and presetting machines," says Dr. Masahiko Mori, President of DMG MORI Co., Ltd. "As a leading machine tool company, we deliver full process integration and digital transformation in our DMQP program together with HAIMER. This step will accelerate digital twin connectivity across our machine ecosystem."
For Andreas Haimer, President of the HAIMER Group, the digital connectivity in HAIMER's tool room solutions is crucial for the extended partnership:
"We will bring our global partnership to the next level by implementing the 'Tool Room of the Future' concept with i4.0 presetting, shrinking and balancing including our digital tool & data management software WinTool and Tool Room Manager, as well as our smart vending Toolbase solutions to all DMG MORI facilities, showrooms and technology centers worldwide."
In conjunction with HAIMER shrink fit chucks, the HAIMER Automation Cube One proved to be a game-changer at the DMG MORI Iga production site. From left to right: Andreas Haimer (President Haimer Group), Kazutoyo Moriguchi (Senior Executive Officer Production Engineering and Vice President DMG MORI Iga Co. Ltd.) and Koichi Nosaka (President HAIMER Japan K.K.)
In detail, the agreement comprises the roll-out of the "Tool Room of the Future," i.e. joint deployment of industry 4.0 presetting, shrink fit and balancing machine solutions connected with HAIMER software at the global DMG MORI headquarter in Tokyo, as well as at the key production sites in Iga, Japan, Pfronten, Germany and other DMG MORI locations worldwide.
In the HAIMER "Tool Room of the Future," every single assembly step is traced back, controlled and confirmed by the Tool Room Manager software. The digital twins are created by WinTool and the assembly jobs including cutting tool tolerances are sent to the presetting, shrinking and balancing devices for seamless data connectivity. The cutting tool reordering can be fully automated with the Toolbase solutions.
Automation Cube One -- Game-changer for the DMG MORI Iga production plant
Furthermore, at the Iga production facility, the HAIMER Automation Cube One was introduced for fully automated, lights out tool assembly set-ups with Magnescale components, assuring the highest accuracy.
DMG MORI also successfully replaced milling chucks with HAIMER shrink fit holders seeing significant productivity increases of up to 5.5 times.
This automated, 12 axis shrinking and presetting cell with cobot is the ideal solution for reliable and efficient tool assembly in a high-volume production environment. In conjunction with HAIMER's high quality shrink fit holders, the installation of the HAIMER Automation Cube One proved already to be a game-changer for the Iga production site as Kazutoyo Moriguchi, Senior Executive Officer Production Engineering and Vice President DMG MORI Iga Co. Ltd. explains:
"We have already seen a significant productivity increase of 30% and more in our own production by switching conventional Japanese milling and collet chuck systems into HAIMER shrink fit technology a few years ago. Now with the investment of the Automation Cube One we can take the next step, fully automate the tool room and run lights out to overcome the skills gap."
Microset presetting technology helped large Japanese automotive companies to obtain higher accuracy, easier software operations and much fewer calibration cycles due to the thermally stable cast iron base design.
Summarizing the new level of partnership in Japan and globally, HAIMER Japan K.K. President Koichi Nosaka, points out advantages of proven HAIMER solutions for more process reliability and productivity on the shopfloor which manifested in recent Japanese customer success stories:
"Our Japanese and global customers can benefit from this partnership to easily access all our products through DMG MORI," says HAIMER Japan K.K. President Koichi Nosaka. "We have seen at joint customers in Japan that HAIMER balancing systems have extended their spindle lifetime on critical applications by up to 300%."
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