Magazine for Customers, Partners, Interested Parties and Employees of TDM Systems TRADITION AND INNOVATION 20 Years TDM Systems, 25 Years Software Know-how from a Software House to a System Provider

Peter Schneck, Managing Director of TDM Systems GmbH in Tübingen TDM SYSTEMS – 20 YEARS OF CONTINUITY IN TOOL DATA MANAGEMENT In 2013 we can celebrate a double anniversary: 20 years of project engineer at Walter and was primarily in charge of TDM Systems as a company and 25 years of TDM software. tool projects, e.g. for the equipment of larger machines in The predecessor of today‘s TDM software was developed in generator manufacturing. 1987, at Walter, in my department for technical IT systems. One year later, TDM 1.0, still Unix-based, was completed in Since 1985, I worked officially as a manager...

When Tool Data Become The TDMessage is the Magazine for Customers, Partners, Interested Parties and Employees of TDM Systems. It appears once per year and can be subscribed through Programming & Studying When Tool Data Travels TDM Systems GmbH. Responsible for Contents Peter Schneck, TDM Systems GmbH for success. If I think about industry 4.0, all master data are essential, and whoever does not promptly attend to business in that area will have problems in the future. It is my primary goal to further develop TDM and utilize it even more for the global use. Therefore, the further standardization...

YEARS OF TDM SYSTEMS The history of TDM Systems is closely connected with cutting. Walter constructed a new production hall which WALTER AG. It all started 25 years ago with the development was equipped with modern NC-controlled machines and of the first version of the Tool Data Management software a manufacturing execution system (MES). This required at Walter AG (then Montanwerke Walter). Over the years, software for tool management to be developed. It soon however, a comprehensive, mature software package has became clear that tool data in electronic form was emerged and the company itself...

Wizard and 3D Generators are used security. Industrial companies that opted for TDM from the start could switch their platform seamlessly from VMS via Unix to Windows. They always retained the TDM solution. TDM has always changed to platforms that were the standard for technical data processing. This was one of the main challenges. TDM department becomes a software subsidiary From planning via logistics to maintenance Once the initial customer projects had been tackled, it became clear that the planning level was only one side of the TDM coin. The same data could also be in Hannover. Initially,...

Jürgen Auer .…more than 20 years of progression from a small, success. It stands for skilled employees, shared goals and a basis for secure employment. The TDM success story would not have been possible without independent familiar business with eight employees to a group subsidiary with more than 80 staff. the employees, their expertise and our flexibility. For me personally, TDM means 25 years of my life, success, vision, future, creativity, energy, intelligence, cleverness, flexibility and above all the motivation of people. Achim Müller ... today = revolution (change, modification). Today,...

A TDM user group was established early on. There were 19 member companies when it was founded in 1996. Manufacturing specialists from Siemens, Alstom, MTU and Vogtland were there from the start. More than 100 users traveled to the last meeting in October 2012 at Liebherr in Biberach. Increasing numbers of exciting articles from renowned speakers continue to provide material for dialog and From software to system provider Today, more than ever, TDM sees itself as a system provider. As ever, of course, the emphasis is on the development of efficient software, but consultation, service and support...

OUR COMPANY LOGO – OUR HISTORY 1993 Company name change to WALTER Informationssysteme GmbH TDM Systems used the opportunity years of TDM software. Mrs. Rudolf- and today develops software Steinhart, Manager Marketing & PR since 2006, has been at TDM systems well as for Sandvik Machining for 9 years and actively helped to Solutions companies, such as Coromant and Walter. „Today, we CI (Corporate Identity) change in 2012. are reaching companies throughout the entire world with our software The company logos reflect the first milestone was the founding GmbH. Here we referred to the close through...

International TDM User Meeting 2012 Competence Center for SANDVIK Today, TDM Systems GmbH has an important position within the Swedish company Sandvik Machining Solutions: The Tübingen-based system provider was named a Competence Center for Tool Data Management. Hardly anyone in the group has such comprehensive experience of tool data management as TDM Systems. Despite the definite focus on the core competence of tool data management, First Meeting of the TDM Users in 1995 solutions are also being developed for key peripheral areas of production equipment supply. Solutions from TDM today extend...

IN SERVICE FOR THE CUSTOMER In 2013 TDM Systems launches release TDM 4.6: new 3D Generators and Solid Converters, more operating convenience and improved simulation support in the CAM. Jens Schuster, Area Manager at TDM, explains the technological highlights and the benefit that the customers can obtain from the new software version in an interview with the TDMessage. working envelopes are substantially more complex. This starts with NC programming and continues on to presetting. Whoever performs their collision analysis here using tool dummies and unrealistic data, takes a risk, because projecting...

THE CHALLENGE IN DETAIL Tool assemblies cannot be assembled graphically if for Assembly of two items with different orientation: example every item graphic has a different orientation. Meaning that, the user has to pay attention when creating files with item graphics to ensure that they The 3D assembly is not correct and not able for use in a simulation analysis! are all saved with the same orientation. If even one item has the incorrect orientation, then it is Assembly of two items with the same orientation: impossible to create 3D graphics of assemblies which are real and ready for simulation....