Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas CNC-Buddies!
Have a short time off and have a great holiday. We too are shutting down the computers, switching off the lights and locking the office door for a Christmas break.
We will then see you again on 2 January 2023 with fresh energy.
– Your KELLER.Software-Team
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SYMplus™ Update 64
With plusCARE™, there’s even more inside your SYMplus™ CNC software than there are gifts under the Christmas tree: Update 64 of SYMplus™ is now available.
The KELLER.Software team has already begun working on their good year resolutions and has put together a package full of innovations for you with Update 64:
- Bugfix regarding the selection of the machining strategy for roughing
- The HEIDENHAIN iTNC530 simulator supports the programming of a straight line defined by angle and one end point coordinate
- The SINUMERIK 810D/840D simulator supports the programming of circular arcs with center point and opening angle
- Improved error handling in case of wrong plunge strategy in PAL pockets (rectangle, circle, groove)
- Crash in case of incorrectly programmed retraction plane in PAL contour pocket is prevented
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KELLER.Software: Most Innovative CNC Software Company 2022
We now have an additional reason to celebrate! We are so excited to announce that we have been awarded Most Innovative CNC Software in West Germany by German Business Awards 2022. We’re thrilled to be recognized for our hard work and innovation in the industry.
Congratulations to our team! Thank you for your support!
https://www.eubusinessnews.com/winners/cnc-keller-gmbh/
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SYMplus™ Update 63
SYMplus™ Update 63 is now available to all customers with plusCARE™ and includes new features as well as great improvements.
- Scale the font size in the editor of the simulators to 200% by default (e.g. for the beamer image of the teacher’s computer)
- When creating PAL gap-filling tasks, store individual instructions for each gap in the text
- Receive the new simulators for the SINUMERIK 808D control system
- The exchange of revolver stations and individual allowance presettings for roughing, facing and grooving in turning operation was never so easy
In addition, many detailed improvements in the simulators for PAL2020, SIEMENS 810D/840D and HEIDENHAIN allow for more effective work. The use of mobile licenses and the sources for the creation of individual macro work steps (by customer order) have also been improved. Other sample programs have been revised according to PAL2020 (for new installation as part of the user data).
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Newsletter December 2022
6 steps to an organised Postprocessor list.
SYMplus™ provides a list of around 50 Postprocessors. In reality, you will hardly ever need all of them. Mostly you work with one or a few. So selecting the right postprocessor can prove to be a nuisance with such a large list. Here is a tip that can help you organise those Postprocessors efficiently: Create a second folder for postprocessor parameter sets, and copy the postprocessors you currently need into this folder. That’s it.
Here it goes:
Step 1: Open the “Work plan” operating mode (alternatively also “PAL simulator” or “Simulator”).
Step 2: Select “F1 File” > “F5 Management” > “F4 Postprocessor Parameter”.
Step 3: Mark the file(s) relevant to you and …
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SYMplus™ Update 63 is now available to all customers with plusCARE™ and includes new features as well as great improvements.
Scale the font size in the editor of the simulators to 200% by default (e.g. for the beamer image of the teacher’s computer)
When creating PAL gap-filling tasks, store individual instructions for each gap in the text
Receive the new simulators for the SINUMERIK 808D control system
The exchange of revolver stations and individual allowance presettings for roughing, facing and grooving in turning operation was never so easy
In addition, many detailed improvements in the simulators for PAL2020, SIEMENS 810D/840D and HEIDENHAIN allow for more effective work. The use of mobile licenses and the sources for the creation of individual macro work steps (by customer order) have also been improved. Other sample programs have been revised according to PAL2020 (for new installation as part of the user data).
More information about Update >
Lastly, we want to pause and look back at the past year.
It was great to see that many events and meetings took place this year. It started with the BETT UK education fair in London in March and ended with the BZI Remscheid open day last month.
The fact that face-to-face meetings were more feasible again than in the past two years was also evident at the KELLER.Academy: close to 40 guests came to the Academy courses this year (in comparison: there were less than twenty in 2021). In addition, the KELLER.Academy celebrated its fifth anniversary and held (virtual) training courses in Pakistan and Mexico, both of which are far away. In September, we published the new “SYMplus™ license via the Internet”, with which you now only need one KELLER ID to let several users work with SYMplus™. And in October, a new edition of the workbooks was also published.
Look out for more new improvements next year!
Missed new developments? Check out our website at KELLER.News for all the important information including newsletters, announcements and more.
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The KELLER.Software team wishes you a pleasant Advent season and relaxing holidays.
– Your KELLER.Software Team
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Next Appointments:
12. – 13. January 2023: Basic graphic programming (CAD/CAM) with SYMplus™
26. – 27. January 2023: Basic DIN/PAL programming with SYMplus™
New on YouTube: With the PAL2020 reform, some commands in the PAL encoding have been changed. As a result, programs written according to PAL2008 or PAL 2012 no longer run and lead to error messages. With this practical tip, you can easily rewrite your programs.
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PRACTICAL TIP – How to organise Postprocessors
December 2022
SYMplus™ provides a list of around 50 Postprocessors. In reality, you will hardly ever need all of them. Mostly you work with one or a few. So selecting the right postprocessor can prove to be a nuisance with such a large list. Here is a tip that can help you organise those Postprocessors efficiently: Create a second folder for postprocessor parameter sets, and copy the postprocessors you currently need into this folder. That’s it.
Here it goes:
Step 1:
Open the “Work plan” operating mode (alternatively also “PAL simulator” or “Simulator”).
Step 2:
Select “F1 File” > “F5 Management” > “F4 Postprocessor Parameter”.
Step 3:
Mark the file(s) relevant to you and add them to your personal selection list with “F5 Add”. The selected files are then each marked with a black triangle/arrow.
Step 4:
Then select “F2 Copy” and choose the destination folder from the list. Confirm your selection with “F10”. If you don’t have a folder yet, create one by clicking “F2 Add …” or ‘link’ to an already existing one. In our example, the new folder is called “MY_PPs” and is a subfolder of the default folder “PARAM-SA”.
Step 5:
Finally, enter the name under which the folder should appear in the “SYMplus™ File Management” in the future (for example: “My Post Processors”) and confirm with 2x “F10”.
Now you can select your newly created folder from the folder list. Click on “F10” to open the folder. Subsequently, you can exit the parameter set management with “Esc” or “F10”.
We hope we could help you with this tip. For more practical tips, visit KELLER.News on our website or the KELLER YouTube channel.
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Newsletter November 2022
The VR workshop: Playful access to the CNC world.
What if you could learn in a “real” CNC workshop instead of learning theory in a classroom? What if you could practice there on lathes or milling machines without the fear of making a mistake? This is the possibility offered with the VR workshop from KELLER.Software.
With this modern and playful learning method, the necessary learning content is intuitively internalized. Thanks to the two VR controllers, you can now move through the “virtual workshop”, you grasp objects, press buttons and make machines work. And the VR glasses are like a new pair of eyes.
Do you want to dive into the virtual world yourself? On November 4 and 5, 2022, we will be at the BZI Remscheid open day with our VR glasses. We would be happy to give you a glimpse of the Virtual World. Of course, we will also be available to answer any questions you may have on the topics of training, further education and vocational orientation.
We wish you a beautiful day ahead
– Your KELLER.Software Team
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Next Appointment:
08. – 09. December 2022: Driven tools, level swivel and reform PAL2020
New on YouTube: Practical tip “From PAL Programming to chips“. The phrase “From PAL programming to chips” refers to the fact that with SYMplus™ you can not only learn the theory, but you can also build a bridge to practical application.
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Open Day at the BZI Remscheid – Info
Meet KELLER.Sofware from November 4 to 5, 2022 at the open day of the BZI Remscheid. Our experts will be happy to demonstrate the ‘Virtual Workshop’ with VR glasses or help you with questions about training, further education, career orientation and, of course, KELLER products. We will be available for you both days.
Date:
Friday, 04. November 2022 from 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m.
Saturday, 05 November 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m.
Location:
Berufsbildungszentrum der Industrie (BZI)
Wüstenhagener Straße 18 bis 26
42855 Remscheid
You can find more information about the event on the BZI Remscheid website.
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Newsletter October 2022
New edition workbooks for PAL2020.
In 2 months it will be Christmas, but before we settle down comfortably on the sofa with cookies, we still have a PAL exam coming up.
To help you prepare for the exam in the best possible way, we have updated the SYMplus™ workbooks to include the PAL2020 commands and made a few other important corrections as well. The new edition with PAL2020 is now available for purchase from us. By the way, even without an exam, the workbooks are a great learning tool to learn the CNC basics with SYMplus™.
What are SYMplus™ workbooks?
Methodically interlocked with SYMplus™, the SYMplus™ workbooks are the ideal teaching material for the introduction to CNC, basic training according to DIN, preparation for the PAL exam as well as control-specific technical training and CAD/CAM. The workbooks are structured according to topics and contain tasks with increasing levels of difficulty. The workbooks are also available digitally on request.
These workbooks are available for purchase:
- SYMplus™ Turning workbook
- SYMplus™ Milling workbook
If you want to know in detail what contents can be found in the respective workbooks, take a look at the reading samples:
Workbook Samples >
Another great offer for the PAL exam preparation: The “PAL exam preparation” course from November 10 – 11, 2022 at the KELLER.Academy. For 1.5 days, it’s all about the complete PAL coding in turning and milling and we’ll go through the pitfalls of the gap check together.
Registration and further information about the courses >
We wish you a beautiful day ahead
– Your KELLER.Software Team
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Next Appointments:
10. – 11. November 2022: Exam preparation PAL
24. – 25. November 2022: Basics of DIN/PAL programming with SYMplus™
On the YouTube channel of KELLER.Software you can watch the CNC software in action on the playlist “SYMplus™ in practice”.
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KELLER.Academy Training at Firma Musashi
Greetings from Bad Sobernheim. KELLER.Academy was on site at Firma Musashi last week for a 2 day course on “Level Swivel and Driven Tools”. We visited Firma Musashi for the first time 3 years ago. It was a great pleasure for us to be able to organise another KELLER.Academy course there. In these 2 days, we programmed until our heads were spinning, even beyond the script examples and the sense of achievement was impressive. Many thanks to the three instructors Raab, Schmitt and Christmann for these intensive and creative course days.
Click on the following link to learn more about the courses offered at the KELLER.Academy: https://cnc-keller.com/keller-academy/