Productivity+™ – PC-based probe software for machining centres

Interactive programming of inspection routines, tool setting and machine updates.

Comprehensive set of measurement routines.

Logic statements for on‑machine decision making and process control.

Detailed reporting of inspection and updates.

Productivity+

Productivity+ provides a simple-to-use programming environment for incorporating measurement and inspection probe routines and in‑process decision making into machining cycles.

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Exhibition video: Productivity+

Exhibition video: Productivity+

Video footage introducing how Productivity+™ Active Editor Pro can be used to assist in the implementation of process control across a manufacturing process
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Features and benefits

No G-code programming experience required.
Ability to program direct from solid models.
Comprehensive database of Renishaw probes.
Program visualisation detects potential probe collisions.
Constructs virtual features from existing geometry.
Incorporates probe qualification and tool setting routines.
Reports on feature geometry, tolerance and updates.
Embeds probing routines into existing machining code.
In-process control, decision making and adaptive programming.
Inspects the component before it leaves the machine tool.
Extends functionality through custom macros.

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Create and edit probe configurations: Active Editor Pro

Create and edit probe configurations: Active Editor Pro

Define the configuration of your probe by selecting standard probe modules and styli, or define individual parameters for a custom probe specification
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Tool setting: Active Editor Pro

Tool setting: Active Editor Pro

Use menu options to add tool setting routines prior to machining operations and to check tool geometry after component measurement cycles
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Create and align co-ordinate systems: Active Editor Pro

Create and align co-ordinate systems: Active Editor Pro

Dialogs assist in the creation and alignment of co-ordinate systems
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Feature selection: Active Editor Pro

Feature selection: Active Editor Pro

Select a feature type from the menu bar and use the mouse pointer to select matching features on the solid model. Users without solid models can program using the Basic Statements toolbar
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Add intelligent, in-process decision making: Active Editor Pro

Add intelligent, in-process decision making: Active Editor Pro

Use the Condition Builder to program logic statements allowing intelligent in-process decision making
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Prove out the program: Active Editor Pro

Prove out the program: Active Editor Pro

Program visualisation helps to identify potential probe:component or probe:machine collisions
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Post process the program: Active Editor Pro

Post process the program: Active Editor Pro

Use the Post Process dialog to convert the Productivity+ program into code that the CNC machine tool can read and execute
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Report on features and updates: Active Editor Pro

Report on features and updates: Active Editor Pro

Create reports on inspected features and machine and tool updates performed during the measurement cycle
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Create and align co-ordinate systems: GibbsCAM plug-in

Create and align co-ordinate systems: GibbsCAM plug-in

Dialogs assist in the creation and alignment of co-ordinate systems
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Feature selection: GibbsCAM plug-in

Feature selection: GibbsCAM plug-in

Select a feature type from the menu bar and use the mouse pointer to select matching features on the solid model. Users without solid models can program using the Basic Statements toolbar
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Prove out the program: GibbsCAM plug-in

Prove out the program: GibbsCAM plug-in

Program visualisation helps to identify potential probe:component or probe:machine collisions
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Productivity+ overview

It can simplify a wide range of common tasks, such as component set‑up and part verification, and can assist in three core areas of a machining process.

Predictive: process‑setting tasks – such as job set‑up, part and tool identification – implemented before machining to ensure that the process runs smoothly.
Active: in‑process control tasks – such as tool condition monitoring, tool geometry updates and adaptive machining – implemented during machining to allow adaptation to variations in real‑time cutting conditions.
Informative: post‑process reporting tasks provided after machining to provide users with information about a completed process and to help with decision-making for subsequent operations and processes.