All the necessary data are available as a virtual machine model at a very early stage. This digital twin of the actual machine can be used for testing the feasibility of customer requirements, new options, etc. and for optimization. The Mechatronics Concept Designer is of central importance here. It considerably reduces machine development time and shortens the capital-intensive actual commissioning by means of virtual commissioning. For this purpose, the virtual machine model is linked with the real . This allows the machine functions to be tested under near real conditions and further optimized. As an additional major advantage: The virtual environment can be used to avoid any damage to the real machine during the commissioning and start-up phases and to test component manufacturing programs under effectively real conditions.

Machining can thus be simulated in advance in conditions almost identical to reality This permits optimization of production planning and machine capacity utilization, faultless calculation of unit costs, and reduction of set-up times. Our solutions also contribute to optimizing production – by intelligently integrating the machine tools into the production process, also in job shop production environments. Programs can be transferred directly to the machine, and CNC program data can be managed throughout the factory. This enables workpieces, job orders, and series to be planned in detail in the production department

Due to faster-changing all our customers ask products faster. In the past the big competitor heat the small one. Today the fast one is beting the slow one and AZ implemented these new solutions in order to be this faster one

All our customers want tailored machines – but at the prices they’d pay for mass-produced machines. As a consequence, production has to be more flexible than ever before and here is where AZ has got its strenghtness

Customers reward high quality by recommending products on the Internet – and they punish poor quality the same way. To ensure high product quality and to fulfill legal requirements, AZ install closed-loop quality electronics parts because all our machine components have to be traceable.