CNC & CAD/CAM initial & continuing vocational training - MTS

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TOPTURN TOPMILL TOPCAM
Software, teaching and learning aids for training
in metal, plastics and woodworking
For more than 20 years now, MTS has been
developing software for both technical applications
and special CNC shop-floor programming
systems, as well as CAD/CAM and CNC simulation
systems for turning and milling machining
centers.
The TOPTURN and TOPMILL CNC simulators
and TOPCAM, the integrated CAD and NC programming
system, are not only used in production,
but also in
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initial vocational training in vocational schools
and companies,
adult further training and retraining in training
centers of individual companies and of external
training organizations serving several companies,
the training of technicians and engineers of
polytechnical high schools, technical colleges
and technical universities.
Didactic concept of the CNC simulators TOP-
TURN and TOPMILL
Modern CNC technologies require staff training
that is innovative and in-step with current technical
developments. Our simulators provide highstandard
training software that
• encourages independent learning and work,
• is adaptable to different levels of learning,
• guarantees manufacturer-independent CNC
training based on the corresponding DIN/ISO
standards, taking into account knowledge on
cycles and contour paths programming,
• offers great ease of operation corresponding,
as far as possible, to operation of the machine
tools and controls,
• constitutes a system open to integration of any
CNC machine tools into the training concept,
and
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possible ways of transfering and
applying what has been learned to the specific
environment of a particular CNC control
system.
Using these features, the didactic concept of MTS CNC simulators can be summarized
in one simple single statement:
Working with a CNC simulator should be just like working with a real
machine tool.
This involves integrating all preparatory and planning skills into the simulation
process, as well as all set-up operations such as determining the workpiece
dimensions and its clamping, setting workpiece coordinate origins, selecting
tools and assembling tools and, finally, loading of tool turrets and magazines.
Here priority is given to independent, activity-oriented work in all phases of the
learning process.
The virtual 3D reality simulation with its 3D collision determination, available
as an optional software enhancement, is ideal for supporting this type of learning.