CAMäleon Produktionsautomatisierung GmbH was invited from AWW for an evaluation. The terms of reference were the programming of an already existing profile machining centre handtmann PBZ-NT through a 3D model in STEP format. 5 parts had to be machined out of a bar.

AWW already had a programming system, however the PUMA-System® had to give evidence of its specific capabilities. It was problematic to have the clamp position through chamfers, notchings or deburrs.

The notchings had to be executed from the side. The diameter of the saw blade plays the decisive roule! Is the saw blade too small the clamp depth is not sufficiant; is the diameter too big, it hurts the machine table. With the simulation CAMäleon Produktionsautomatisierung GmbH suggested before a saw blade diameter and gave the profile clamping in the machine clamps. If the fixtures are too big for profile clamping, a collision is possible between clamp and spindle.

Peter Fürle had some tricks concerning the programming and optimized the course through options, offered by the PUMA-System®. A common separating cut was used and the staff members of AWW recognized immediately the high agility of the profile machining centres handtmann PBZ-NT, synchronizing for the first time the clamp adjustment and tool change, executing main time neutral. All movements in starting and leaving of machinings had been executed in multiple axes simultaneous. The 5 parts out of the bar were produced in 2/3 of the demanded time.

AWW, founded in 1914, produces with 600 staff members approximately 17.000 t extrusion products, from which 25% have been already delivered. The same day the purchasing department had been included and the next morning CAMäleon Produktionsautomatisierung GmbH got the order from AWW to deliver the PUMA-System®  and to execute a complete training program for four staff members.