SYMplus™ Update 62
SYMplus™ Update 62 is now available to all customers with plusCARE™ and includes new features as well as great improvements.
Would you like to know what is new in this update? You can find out via this link: https://cnc-keller.com/symplus-support/new-features-optimizations/
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Newsletter March 2022
Innovations and the future of learning.
We have good news: The next SYMplus™ update will be available in the next few weeks for all customers with a plusCARE™ contract.
You can expect improvements to PAL2020, optimisations to the software performance and much more in Update 62 of your SYMplus™ CNC software. As soon as it is online, we will let you know immediately. Please keep an eye on our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), our website or the update notification in the software.
In this context, we would also like to point out that Update 61 was already available last week. However, this had a bug and so we reacted quickly and stopped it without further ado. Therefore, you don’t need to worry about this. With Update 62, this error has been fixed.
All new features and optimisations can always be found here on our website.
The Bett UK Education Exhibition is taking place in London this month (23 – 25 March). Mr. Reckermann, our head of sales and KELLER software expert, will be there to discuss with educators from all over the world how learning can be shaped in the future – and, of course, what KELLER.Software can contribute to it. We are already looking forward to these inspiring days and will report on our impressions from London in the next newsletter.
You can find more information about the fair here on our website.
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21.-22. April 2022: Exam preparation PAL
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Newsletter February 2022
Learn new things faster and more effectively
It is no secret that learning is increasingly taking place on the Internet.
Videos are particularly popular. Videos increase the clarity of a topic through their visual presentation and, because our brains remember images better than texts, help us retain information in our heads for longer.
That’s why we at KELLER.Software have been running a YouTube channel for a few years now, covering topics such as:
How does the machining of Grooves work?> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqqflAwVSeE
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There is something for everyone. No matter whether you are just taking your first steps as an apprentice or would like to further your education as an experienced person.
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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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10.-11. Mar. 2022: Driven tools, plane swing and reform PAL2020
17.-18. Mar. 2022: Basics of graphic programming (CAD/CAM) with SYMplus™.
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PRACTICAL TIP – From PAL Programming to chips
February 2022
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. Please note that whether you have a new machine with SIEMENS, HEIDENHAIN or HAAS or one from the 80s with a Dialog 4, EPL or CNC432 control, it always works the same way.
We will show you in the following practical tip how this works:
Step 1
Load the program you want to put on the machine into the PAL simulator and test it diligently using the simulation.
Step 2
Now carry out the following steps 1, 2 and 3:
Step 3
Generate NC program:
3.1.
Search for the parameter file of the desired control via F1 “Control parameters” and confirm the selection with F10.
3.2.
Use F2 “Folder” to select the location where you want to save the program ( for example, this could be on a hard disk or a USB stick)
3.3.
Please be aware that older controllers in particular only allow numbers and no letters in the “Name” field. Also, please refrain from using special characters and spaces.
Step 4
The program must now be transferred to the machine. This can be done either via network, USB connection or “serially” using the “Transfer” mode of SYMplus™.
Step 5
Test the generated program again using the simulation graphic on the control. If any changes are necessary, feel free to contact us.
Step 6
When everything is running smoothly: Why not record your success with a photo or video and send it to us? We are always happy to receive such responses. We look forward to seeing your PAL programming practice workpieces on the machine!
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Newsletter January 2022
Into the new year with good news.
KELLER.Software wishes you a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2022.
We at KELLER.Software, are also back from a week of company holidays, refreshed, relaxed and energized. We usually like to start our new year with good news. 2022 is also not different. The good news this year is that the free PAL student licenses that we offered to support students during the pandemic, to help them train from home, has been extended till 30.06.2022. Please note that you can only apply for these free licenses until 30.05.2022. We hope this small gesture from us helps support your students in their training.
In case you are a student/trainee in Germany and you haven’t applied for it yet, feel free to do it here > https://cnc-keller.de/symplus-erwerben/#simplus-fuer-zuhause
You probably already read on our social media channels that we are participating in the education exhibition in London, BETT UK 2022. Please note that the exhibition dates have been postponed from January to March 23 – 25, 2022 due to the current restrictions in London from the pandemic. Of course, this does not diminish our excitement. We are very much looking forward to spending three days immersed in inspiring content, networking and exchanging ideas with educators from all over the world.
More info on this can be found here: https://cnc-keller.com/aktuelles/bett-uk-2022-education-exhibition/
Once again KELLER.Software wishes you a successful 2022.
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Newsletter December 2021
Your 2021 with KELLER.Software.
The year 2021 was once again full of challenges, experiences and innovations. But before we wish each other “Merry Christmas and a good and successful year 2022”, December once again offers the opportunity to look back together into the last year:
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Practical Tip: 3 steps to rotary-symmetric contour – In Video format
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A pocket or an island contour is usually constructed from the starting point of the contour once around to the end point. In the case of a rotary-symmetrical contour, this would usually be unnecessarily time-consuming and, in part, hardly feasible anyway due to the dimensions. When programming in SYMplus™, you can achieve the complete contour in just three steps. Watch the video to find out how.
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PRACTICAL TIP – Clever Cutting and Reclamping
October 2021
The plan was quite simple.
Cut a turned part to be machined on both sides from the bar and at the same time programme the second machining side. If the length of the blank is defined to such an extent that at the end, there is enough material to “cut” out of the protective zone for the chuck or the clamping jaws.
However, if you proceed as described, after the “cutting off” step it would result in the half-finished workpiece falling in the simulation as in reality the chip tray or a part catcher. Afterwards, the geometry is no longer available in the working plan for further machining.
But what is the solution then? The following practical tip gives you the answer:
Step 1:
Instead of giving the blank an excessive length, make it only slightly longer than the finished part and assign negative values to the outer and inner values of the protection zone (tool width of the parting line).
Step 2:
The half-machined workpiece (red lines) then remains in the routing and can be saved in this form via F1 “File” > F7 “Export” > F1 “Workpiece geometry”.
Step 3:
The new blank can then be used for a second working plan.
Step 4:
Under F4 “Clamping” the workpiece is first turned over. Special attention must then be paid to the input field “Shift Z”. In the example, -0.4 must be entered because, in addition to the stock allowance for the second side of 0.2 mm here, the “slug” left by the cutting radius of the parting-off tool must also be taken into account.
Step 5:
The last step is to determine the work steps as usual and as on the first page. Here you benefit from the so-called contour tracking of the software, which recognises where drilling and roughing has already been done from the first page. This becomes visible when creating the work steps by the correspondingly reduced red areas (here for the roughing cut inside).
Now it’s your turn.
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