More than 64,000 visitors to the SPS IPC Drives exhibition were told all about the control technology of the future. Future-orientated topics such as Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory were hotly discussed there. 'Our Soft-CNC firmly put the finger on the pulse at the exhibition', said Marc Hilpert. PA's CEO has assumed responsibility for meeting the wishes of the machine tool building industry by making them independent from the hardware suppliers. 'The free choice of hardware components reduces costs and this freedom also makes the full range of components available to the customers', said Marc Hilpert. This benefit produced enormous interest at the exhibition as did the flexible application options. Marc Hilpert's conclusion: 'We have shown that our system represents CNC controls of the future'.

The open interfaces enable PA's Soft-CNC to be optimised to meet a customer's precise requirements and protect their know-how at the same time. Our own brand Apps enable the functionality to be extended at any time. PA customers also have the option to further develop their own user interface.

Visitors to the exhibition were able to see how this functions in practice thanks to the freeform 3D printer demon-stration given by 'Arburg'. The system created functional plastic parts from standard granules based on 3D CAD data.' Arburg' used Soft-CNC from PA for this together with their own functions, which were developed from the basic system provided by PA. 'A good example of how our open Soft-CNC enables customers to move ahead of their competition and permanently strengthen their position in the market', said Marc Hilpert.


BlechExpo 2015:

At the Blech Expo show in Stuttgart PA could show with the PA Smart Touch Panel and the solutions for laser, waterjet, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting machines specific benefits that come from working in conjunction with the technology leader.

  • The modern and powerful PA Smart Touch Panel guarantees ease of use for laser, waterjet, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting machines.
  • The application-specific user interfaces PA HMI create competitive advantages through their modern, open and browser-based designs.
  • The complete solution CutCare® for plasma cutting machines includes CNC systems from PA, height control system from IHT and plasma source from Kjellberg. The solution in this package is not only economical but also guarantees fast integration, easy configuration and high flexibility.

Marc Hilpert was delighted with the positive outcome from the exhibition: 'More functions, undreamt-of ease of use and enormous flexibility. This superb combination has opened up new potentials.
We want to make our customers fit for the future, as we have clearly shown in both Nuremberg and Stuttgart.'

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