A machining center is meant to run around the clock – yet it still sits idle at night because the machine operator has to type the manufacturing data into the controller by hand, copying it from a printed drawing. This is exactly the situation one of our customers faced. When the company brought a new, highly automated machining center online, it quickly became clear: without continuous, automatically generated CAM data, the system falls far short of its potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until then, order processing ran through multiple handoffs. Sales clarifies the grinding coating, bore size, diameter, and coolant supply with the customer. This information flows into the ERP system, application engineering checks feasibility, production planning coordinates, and sales creates the quote. Standard discs then go straight into production. For custom variants, engineering also gets involved: it creates a CAD model and a descriptive 2D CAM drawing – printed on paper that ends up at the machine. There, the operator manually enters the values into the controller while production stands still. A process that depends on individual experience and opens up a new source of error at every handoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is where the Lino\u00ae Hub integration platform comes in. It connects the CAD, CAM, and ERP systems so that a single configuration automatically produces complete manufacturing data \u2014 without a single manual transfer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One click produces a complete, verified data set: 3D model, drawing, bill of materials, CNC code. Variants can be simulated and checked in advance before they go into production.chnung, St\u00fcckliste, CNC-Code. Varianten lassen sich vorab simulieren und pr\u00fcfen, bevor sie in die Fertigung \u00fcbernommen werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Design times dropped noticeably, and engineering was relieved of workload – a meaningful advantage given the shortage of skilled workers. Because media breaks are eliminated, the plant now produces even the smallest batch sizes economically and runs its new machining center around the clock. The site has since become a “blueprint” for other plants across the corporate group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This case is not a niche problem. Wherever CAD, CAM, and ERP systems still “communicate” with each other today through printouts, emails, or duplicate data entry, delays and sources of error arise that could be avoided. Lino Hub closes exactly this gap: as an integration platform that connects existing systems – such as Solidworks, a CAM system, and SAP or similar ERP systems – and automates CAM programming from a single click all the way to machine code. Lino can do that. And so can Lino Hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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