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Assessing machine tool capability with NC-Checker

Automatically benchmark the performance and accuracy of your machine tool, so if it's outside operating tolerances, you can stop part processes before anything is cut. 

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NC-Checker: Automated Machine Checking

Assessing machine tool capability with NC-Checker

Automatically benchmark the performance and accuracy of your machine tool, so if it's outside operating tolerances, you can stop part processes before anything is cut. 

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NC-Checker - Automated Machine Checking
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Check machine performance

NC-Checker performs a series of checks and shows if your probe and machine are within tolerance (or not) and capable of producing parts accurately. Any errors can be rectified before machining starts so a quality part will be produced every time. 

Informative
Quality control
Simple

Compare machines

If you have NC-Checker on multiple machines, you can compare their geometric performance. Is your machine as good today as it was yesterday? Does machine A differ from machine B? Has temperature affected performance? Any discrepancies may be causing part to part variation. This helps explain and mitigate varying results so you produce parts of uniform quality. 

Accurate
Informative
Simple

Perform preventative maintenance

NC-Checker monitors the geometric drift of a machine and produces a 'trend' report which can be used to anticipate machine failure and schedule maintenance while the machine is in tolerance, at a convenient time for production. This avoids disrupting production with emergency call-outs and causing unnecessary machine downtime. 

Predictive
Strategic
Simple

Calibrate the probe in 5-axis

NC-Checker calibrates the probe in 5-axis which allows us to measure parts at any direction, at any tool orientation using a single calibration. This ensures the point is accurate at any orientation. This also means all probing axes are taken into account in calibration, ensuring accurate and good metrology.

Accurate
Good metrology
Simple

Increase in-process quality

Identify errors at the start of your machining process to stop errors being machined into your parts. All checks or benchmarks can be viewed and analysed in real time to understand how your machine is performing at that moment. It is also possible to view archived results and reports if needed.

Cost Saving
Accurate
Simple

Check machine performance

NC-Checker performs a series of checks and shows if your probe and machine are within tolerance (or not) and capable of producing parts accurately. Any errors can be rectified before machining starts so a quality part will be produced every time. 

Informative | Quality control | Simple

Compare machines

If you have NC-Checker on multiple machines, you can compare their geometric performance. Is your machine as good today as it was yesterday? Does machine A differ from machine B? Has temperature affected performance? Any discrepancies may be causing part to part variation. This helps explain and mitigate varying results so you produce parts of uniform quality. 

Accurate | Informative | Simple

Perform preventative maintenance

NC-Checker monitors the geometric drift of a machine and produces a 'trend' report which can be used to anticipate machine failure and schedule maintenance while the machine is in tolerance, at a convenient time for production. This avoids disrupting production with emergency call-outs and causing unnecessary machine downtime. 

Predictive | Strategic | Simple

Calibrate the probe in 5-axis

NC-Checker calibrates the probe in 5-axis which allows us to measure parts at any direction, at any tool orientation using a single calibration. This ensures the point is accurate at any orientation. This also means all probing axes are taken into account in calibration, ensuring accurate and good metrology.

Accurate | Good metrology | Simple

Increase in-process quality

Identify errors at the start of your machining process to stop errors being machined into your parts. All checks or benchmarks can be viewed and analysed in real time to understand how your machine is performing at that moment. It is also possible to view archived results and reports if needed.

Cost saving | Accurate | Simple

Product Benefits

Understand your machine

See how its performing. Highlight any errors.

Understand your machine
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Explain part-to-part variation

Rectify issues across machines to produce parts of uniform quality.

Explain part-to-part variation

Predict maintenance

Anticipate machine failure and schedule maintenance in when needed.

Predict maintenance

Compare machines

Understand why machines are producing parts of differing quality.
Compare machines

Minimise machine downtime

Diagnose issues even before maintenance arrive onsite.
Minimise machine downtime

Monitor shopfloor environments

Discover how changing environments affect machine performance.
Monitor shopfloor environments

Comprehensive testing

NC-Checker is independent and will check all areas of the machine.
Comprehensive testing

Solve problems faster

The Benchmark diagnoses problems in minutes for immediate investigation.
Solve problems faster

Prioritise production

Get the machine back into production as quick as possible.

Prioritise production

Accurate calibration

Ensure maximum accuracy for your probing processes.
Accurate calibration
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Detect errors

The benchmark will show errors before any machining takes place.
Detect errors

Real-time results

See the performance of your machine in real-time.
Real-time results
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NC-Checker Benchmark Reports

NC-Checker produces simple reports which display the machine's current status. Green for Go. Red for No-Go.

NC-Checker Good Benchmark Report
Good Benchmark
The machine is capable of producing parts to tolerance.
NC-Checker Bad Benchmark Report
Red Benchmark
The machine isn't capable of producing parts to tolerance.
NC-Checker Trends Benchmark Report
Trends Benchmark
Monitor the geometric drift of the machine over time.

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Protect your parts from machine errors

NC-Checker highlights any errors before machining starts and allows you to rectify them. Protect your parts from machine errors causing scrap or rework. 

Keep your machines in the best condition

Protect your assets and keep your machines to the best condition that they can be.

Remotely review machine performance

NC-Checker's results can be held centrally so you can remotely view how your machines are performing in real time. 

Make better budget decisions

NC-Checker gives you the ability to make strategic decisions on how to spend your maintenance and capital budgets based on the different machine capabilities on the shopfloor.

Tender for more valuable work

Demonstrate your machine capability with NC-Checker, giving you the confidence to tender for more valuable work.

Don't just take our word for it

“Due to the value of the work we produce we run NC-Checker before machining any car part to ensure the machine is in alignment to reduce the risk of scrapping any parts.”
Team Leader, Composite Machining
F1 Team
“In addition to a regular scheduled check, we also execute a complete benchmark routine if there is an untoward incident on the machines, to determine if any changes occurred in the machine geometric accuracies. This is the most efficient method of gaining confidence back in the machine accuracy status before we commit to machining a part.”
Kris Dokka
Specialist Manager, Quickstep Technologies
"NC Checker is going to be another tool in our arsenal, and more, it will be the first stage of building a new mentality into the pattern shop, with a greater appreciation for the variables that go into part machining."
Manufacturing Engineer
F1 Team
“Due to the value of the work we produce we run NC-Checker before machining any car part to ensure the machine is in alignment to reduce the risk of scrapping any parts.”
Team Leader, Composite Machining
F1 Team
“In addition to a regular scheduled check, we also execute a complete benchmark routine if there is an untoward incident on the machines, to determine if any changes occurred in the machine geometric accuracies. This is the most efficient method of gaining confidence back in the machine accuracy status before we commit to machining a part.”
Kris Dokka
Specialist Manager, Quickstep Technologies
"NC Checker is going to be another tool in our arsenal, and more, it will be the first stage of building a new mentality into the pattern shop, with a greater appreciation for the variables that go into part machining."
Manufacturing Engineer
F1 Team
Formula 1 team eliminates part to part variation

Formula 1 team eliminates part to part variation

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Formula 1 team eliminates part to part variation
Detailed machine assessments in 96% less time

Detailed machine assessments in 96% less time

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Detailed machine assessments in 96% less time
Machine analysis time reduced to minutes

Machine analysis time reduced to minutes

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Machine analysis time reduced to minutes
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Formula 1 team eliminates part to part variation

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Formula 1 team eliminates part to part variation
Quickstep-1

Detailed machine assessments in 96% less time

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Detailed machine assessments in 96% less time
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Machine analysis time reduced to minutes

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Machine analysis time reduced to minutes

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Top NC-Checker FAQs

What can NC-Checker do for me?

In a nutshell, NC-Checker shows you if your machine is capable of producing parts to tolerance. What this really means is it shows you if there are any errors present on your machine that could affect part quality. It highlights any mechanical and kinematic errors so these can be rectified before parts are machined.

Not only does it protect your machine and parts from damage but it can also show you masses of information such as the reason behind part to part variation, if changing environmental conditions are affecting machine performance or if the machine has damage following a crash.

When should I complete an NC-Checker Benchmark?

The full Benchmark program should be regularly scheduled to ensure a machine error is quickly identified. Initially MSP recommends running the Benchmark as often as possible to understand how the machine performance varies day to day and if any external factors have an impact. After that the regularity is normally based on the value of the parts, i.e. the higher value, the higher frequency.

Can NC-Checker improve my quality?

Yes! We have multiple customers that don’t machine any parts until they have completed an NC-Checker Benchmark because it often uncovers errors on the machine that wouldn’t be found otherwise. If these errors aren’t picked up, this can negatively affect parts and cause them to be machined incorrectly or at sub-optimal quality.

Can NC-Checker help me achieve my sustainability goals?

NC-Checker significantly reduces the time it takes to assess the capability of a machine, reducing the amount of energy being wasted while the machine is sitting idle during these checks. Some of our customers have seen the time for these checks reduced from days to hours.

By also ensuring the machine is performing within the required tolerances and has no errors it could pass onto machined parts, NC-Checker also helps save wasted energy and material machining parts that would eventually have to be scrapped.

Which probe makes and models work with NC-Checker?

MSP can work with any type of spindle touch probe. We always suggest using the most accurate probe to remove uncertainty from the measurement results. As part of the NC-Checker Benchmark, the Probe Performance check will identify if an upgrade is required for the required part tolerances.

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