Fastems Software Streamlines Automation, Sustainability Efforts

Fastems’ MMS 8.2 software is designed to control Fastems automation systems and help CNC manufacturers utilize automation to measure, report and optimize their production sustainability efforts. Users can measure the energy consumption of their NC programs, minimize power usage during machine idle times and dedicate specific machine tools to process certain metals for high-quality chip recycling.

CNC manufacturers all over the world are looking for ways to measure, report and optimize their sustainability efforts as the demand for sustainability grows. MMS 8.2 automation control software is developed to help manufacturers achieve sustainability goals, especially in the area of high-mix manufacturing.

MMS 8.2 measures and reports the machine tool energy consumption of each NC program, enabling manufacturers to calculate the energy usage in part level. The information can also be used to adjust the inefficient NC programs, or running certain parts overnight when the electricity demand is lower.

To minimize unnecessary energy usage, the new “Auto-Power On/Off” function turns machine tools off automatically when there are no planned NC programs to run. With the automatic wake function, the machine starts and warms up before by the next NC program start time.​

MMS 8.2 comes with a material-dedicated feature that allows users to rout the jobs with specific material to specific machine tools. This way, high-quality chips can be easily separated and recycled.