OPEN MIND presents hyperMILL® CAM innovations at Machineering 2025
How a CAM system interacts with other IT systems such as MES, PLM or a tool management system?
30.01.2025 — CAD/CAM specialist OPEN MIND Technologies is presenting groundbreaking technologies for digital process chains at Machineering in Brussels Expo from March 26 to 28. Featured will be Hummingbird-MES and the latest innovations from its hyperMILL® CAD/CAM suite, such as Connected Manufacturing, VIRTUAL Machining, TURNING Solutions. There will also be a preview of the upcoming hyperMILL 2025 release.
How a CAM system interacts with other IT systems such as MES, PLM or a tool management system is becoming increasingly important. Visitors to Machineering can see at the OPEN MIND booth what contribution hyperMILL® and Hummingbird MES can make to digitized manufacturing.
Hummingbird MES
Stefan van Aalst, director of OPEN MIND Benelux, talks about the benefits of Hummingbird MES: “We have now implemented Hummingbird at several manufacturing companies and they have already made great efficiency gains in terms of planning, networking, controlling and automating. At Machineering, we will show how Hummingbird MES with various modules and system components is a very flexible solution.” Like hyperMILL®, Hummingbird MES has a modular structure. Companies can start digitizing in a low threshold way thanks to the various modules and work step by step toward fully integrated production management. This is a key advantage of Hummingbird MES.
Hummingbird-MES basically supports all CAM systems and production machines on the market. However, the MES system harmonizes particularly well with the hyperMILL® CAM software from OPEN MIND Technologies AG. Thanks to the integration into Hummingbird MES, the two systems are perfectly matched. Both solutions can grow together into a holistic production management system.
The integration of the CAM system with an MES ensures, among other things, more agile and efficient planning, control and automation. All production-related data is available anywhere in the company at any time, and users benefit from a unified production management system.
Virtual machining
Absolute highlights of OPEN MIND at Machineering are several smart solutions that are part of the hyperMILL® CAD/CAM suite. One example is hyperMILL® VIRTUAL Machining. This solution closes the gap between the CAM system and the physical machine environment. If the CAM software can work with a digital copy of the physical machining process, also known as a Digital Twin, it opens up new possibilities for safely generating, optimizing and simulating the NC code.
A stored machine model is used to check whether limit switches are exceeded during 2.5D, 3D, 3+2 and 5-axis simultaneous machining operations. This involves checking the linear and rotary axes as well as the parallel axes
hyperMILL® for turning
OPEN MIND is also highlighting hyperMILL® TURNING Solutions during Machineering. hyperMILL® TURNING includes technologies for turning, turn-milling and milling and can therefore be used for all corresponding machine configurations. Automation solutions for making NC programs easier, faster and error-free in the turning environment are also part of the OPEN MIND demonstration.
Sneak peak of hyperMILL® 2025
All functionalities of hyperMILL® will be presented during Machineering. With live demonstrations on a CAM workstation, visitors can experience for themselves the wide range of functions of the software. In addition to the current hyperMILL® version, visitors will also get a first glimpse of the new hyperMILL® 2025 version. This again features many new technologies to optimize programming and production processes.
