CloudNC – a manufacturing technology company – today announces that its CAM Assist solution, which uses AI to generate machining strategies for 3 and 3+2 axis CNC machines, is now available for Siemens’ NX™ CAM users. 

The new software is available as an AI-enabled add-on for Siemens’ NX software for product engineering and manufacturing, one of the world’s most popular CAM software solutions, used by major corporations and machine shops alike. The development means more CNC programmers globally can use CAM Assist, helping them easily program toolpaths and machine parts more efficiently than ever before. 

Theo Saville, chief executive and co-founder at CloudNC, said: “Siemens’ NX is used by manufacturing leaders in some of the most important global industries, like aerospace and defence, automotive and industrial machinery. Simplifying the programming process within those sectors is critical if those manufacturers are to remain competitive, and CAM Assist will help their CNC programmers save time on their toolpath creation and part manufacture and become even more efficient and productive.” 

“At Siemens Digital Industries Software, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions that help our customers accelerate the part manufacturing process, using the latest breakthrough technologies. Enabling our customers to use CloudNC technology to automate CNC programming in NX CAM exemplifies our dedication to continuous advancements,” said Armin Grunewald, Vice President at Siemens Digital Industries Software. “The openness of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software enables our ecosystem of technology partners to rapidly integrate their specialized solutions, which in return helps us to expand a comprehensive digital manufacturing software portfolio.”

CAM Assist uses advanced computer science techniques and AI to generate intuitive machining strategies in minutes or seconds, depending on complexity, which could take CNC machine programmers hours or even days to manually create. 

As a result, the amount of time it takes to program a CNC machine to make a component – a bottleneck in many factories – is greatly reduced, compared to the previous manual programming process, as is the time spent to estimate how much a new component will cost to program. That gain enables manufacturers using CAM Assist to raise productivity and shorten lead times, while also estimating for more work, more quickly. 

CAM Assist is available for Siemens’ NX today via www.cloudnc.com and via selected resellers.

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