The programming of this product from GE Fanuc is very simple

Manual Guide i is the programming software workshop for all of the current CNC Controls of GE Fanuc. It helps you easily spot for the programming of lathes, milling machines and combined machines. Offers numerous practical functions, whose use value end users, as it has been confirmed hulmes recent survey.

In his first presentation, Manual Guide i was object of big interest by part of the final users. Now, this graphic interface has showed sobradamente his advantages in the practice in diverse machines tool. Already it was turning, milling or mechanised combined, the modular structure of Manual Guide i allows to use it in all the technologies. The module of turning puts to disposal all the necessary cycles for the programming of a piece torneada. These include, between others, functions like the desbaste and finishing, inner and external turning, refrentado, ranurado and cycles of tronzado, as well as taladrado. The module of milling offers functions for desrebabado, milling of outlines and ranurado, as well as for cycles of taladrado and many more. Both modules use for the mechanised combined. If it requires , it is available the designated module of adjust, that consists in a group of cycles for the measurement of tools and pieces.

Bernd Gandre of Inga Tools is enthusiastic about the simple handling and the great flexibility of this user interface. The request for the following machine Specifies that it is equipped with Manual Guide I.

Manual Guide i offers many different programming options. Depending on the requirements and individual capabilities, the user can be programmed using dialogues, DIN ISO or macros. In addition, different methods can be combined. This wide selection of options has drawn the attention of Werner Schnitker of Hora (Holter Regelarmaturen), in Germany. It makes only a few weeks began using a Biglia 650YS with subcabezal. Time is a manufacturer of accessories for power stations, as well as components for heating/air conditioning and ventilation. Werner Schnitker explains the use of your new machine: "here in my area, the spindles are ones with chaveta or square section." So far, we have machining these spindles in two work cycles: turning and milling. "With the new Biglia, we mechanized them in a mooring operation." One of the reasons that led us to decide by Biglia machine was the fact that it was equipped with the software Manual Guide I "For the turning and milling operations on a single machine, need a programming software provided a solid support." "It is particularly practical that you can use DIN ISO programming, already proven and worthy of confidence, along with the programming through dialogues".

The advantages of a single programming software for turning and milling operations do not have escaped the attention of Norbert Rödiger, which operates a workshop of machining mechanic in Wettenberg, specializing in turning and milling. Since January, has in operation a Gildemeister CTX400 C2 with motorized tools, equipped with a Fanuc CNC and Manual software Guide i. "Manual Guide i is a great help, because the programming has been simplified considerably and allows me to save time." "This is especially noticeable in the milling operations with motorized tools."

Klaus Schlesak (right) and his employee Harald Skraban especially value calculator profiles in Manual Guide I can be used to determine complex intersection points. Image: Webra

Frank Würzinger, Director Manager of Würzinger CNC-Frästechnik, in Velbert, with seven employees to their work in the field of mechanical engineering, as well as the construction of devices and tools, has put great expectations in your investment: since November of last year working with a center of machining DMC DMG 63V, which is equipped with Manual Guide I. His experience has been excellent. Considers that the main benefits of the software lies in cycles and editors available, which make it much simpler programming in many aspects: "starting with the cycles of slotted, for those who need macros in the own programming DIN ISO." The calculator of profiles, through which I can describe external profiles very simply is also very useful. And functions of text editor, which are similar to a text editor of PC: can I use them to copy a line of programming and insert it into a different point. Equally advantageous in control with Manual Guide i is the option to use and combine different types of programming. "It provides a utility to convert programs to the DIN ISO code after the end of them." So programs can run on other machines.

Many users are enthusiastic of the graph editor. You can use to schedule complex contours at individual levels directly to later produce a DIN ISO program at the end. This editor is also called profiles calculator, that when the programmer needs to determine points of intersection complexes, you can do it in this profile editor. You can schedule more or less graphically and then have DIN coordinates appropriate on its agenda.

Klaus Schlesak, Chief Operating Officer of Webra Feinmechanik GmbH in Weidenberg, also highlights this function. This company mainly works as subcontracted work of turning, milling and grinding of the sectors of automation systems and doctors. Its machine park comprises 35 CNC machines, almost all of them equipped with Fanuc controls. Only a few weeks ago, a 550Y Biglia was the first to be equipped with Manual Guide i. Klaus Schlesak, experienced programmer, explains what led the company to make this investment: "In April, I visited together with my colleagues an exhibition of the distributor of machines Teamtec", in which Manual Guide i was introduced by GE Fanuc employees. "The machine and the control with this interface impressed us so that we decided to buy it."

Cycles and editors available simplify the programming to employees of Frank Würzinger.

Biglia 550Y takes several weeks in Webra and, according to said Klaus Schlesak, has exceeded all expectations: "In the area of profiling, for example, I quickly realized the programming procedure and I was able to make changes." It often happens that we get a graph of construction poorly drawn, from which we calculate manually, without Manual Guide i, many transitions and intersection points, using functions of angle, etc., before turning. Manual Guide i does this work for us. "Software enables virtually the construction of a component in the control." His enthusiasm for this software continues: now negotiations are carrying out to a smaller Biglia, which will also control Fanuc with Manual Guide I.

Since February, there is a 1200Y Biglia with Manual Guide i in the workshop of machining mechanic of the smelting plant of steel and metal of Ena in Albbruck. With approximately 100 employees, the company produced grey, ductile and aluminium complex casting in sand, with tenacious cores, for companies in the industries of machinery and vehicles, Diesel engines for ships, transmission systems, engines, turbines, and much more. Thorsten Betz, head of mechanical machining, explained his choice: "with this machine Biglia and Manual Guide i have found the ideal solution." Given that we do not have any external programming space, we need a system of programming directly on the machine. Manual Guide i not attracted by its clear structure. "So we decided for him, despite the fact that we had never before been a GE Fanuc control in our workshops." A decision that has never complained: "the machine works great with this control."

With Manual Guide i, users can engage in simple tasks of machining, such as roughing and finishing, in the control without a lengthy learning. Thorsten Betz specific in this regard: "In principle, only need a course of three days with the control to use it properly." "After working in continuous mode with Manual Guide i for two or three weeks, it is capable of performing all, provided that it has some experience in turning." In addition to the simplicity of management, Thorsten Betz is particularly satisfied with the display of graphics options: "You can observe the cross sections of the component, rotate it and turn it, in order to see all the details." "In the event that a problem might occur, the control show error messages."

The simple handling of Manual Guide i also convinces Bernd Gandre, Director Manager of Inga Tools, outsourced parts and devices of tools, and company located in Braunschweig. For approximately six months, CT 82MC with CNC GE Fanuc 21iTB and Manual Guide i has been installed in the workshop of machining. This machine of turning CNC with motorized tools was recommended to Bernd Gandre by colleagues. "When I was presented the machine, its structure and control, especially your presentation on screen, it satisfied exactly my expectations." "Making case of experience, we decided to purchase another machine with the same control."

What Bernd Gandre appreciated especially in Manual Guide i is the flexibility of the software. Parts of the programming can be copied to the editor; There still the option to write and save own subprogrammes, and insert them as required in new programs. "" This saves programming time,"explains Bernd Gandre." Manual Guide i is also very easy to handle. Although we had never programmed Fanuc controls, us familiarizamos control in a short space of time. "This is because it is structured using standard programming DIN and has an easy to use menu structure".