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Manufacturing · Software for vMC machining shops

Plan spindle hours, tool magazines and fixtures for every vertical machining centre.

VMC machining shops put castings, forgings and plate through vertical machining centres with automatic tool changers, often several parts to a fixture. The software loads the spindle, lists the holders each programme needs in the magazine, and follows batch quantities, probing results and rejects to the finished lot.

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At a glance

A vertical machining centre earns only while the spindle turns. Waiting for a boring bar, a vice jaw or a proved programme is the real cost. A night run that alarms at three in the morning over a missing insert becomes a short lot by Thursday.

Software for VMC shops puts the pocket list, the fixture and the run quantity on the job card itself. Share your requirements first.

How the work runs today

Orders come as batches of pump bodies, valve housings, gearbox covers or milled brackets, supplied as grey iron castings, forged blanks or sawn billets. A planner places each batch on a machine by fixture and holder availability. Castings are received, sampled for porosity and stacked by pour lot.

The setter loads the holders into the carousel, bolts down the fixture, touches the datum with the Renishaw probe and runs the first-off. The inspector checks bore diameter on a bore gauge, flatness on the granite table and hole pitch on the CMM. Once approved, the machine runs the batch, sometimes unattended overnight while operators change fixtures, blow out swarf and log pieces. Washed, deburred and oiled parts are packed against the order.

Where it breaks

What goes wrong for vMC machining shops without a proper system.

Magazine lists are rebuilt each time

The setter works out which cutter sits in which pocket from the G-code, and a missing ER32 collet or shrink-fit holder surfaces only once the spindle is waiting.

Spindle hours are known only by guess

Owners cannot say how many hours each centre cut against what it could have cut. Idle time hides inside the cycle time quoted per component, and that gap is never priced.

Castings arrive with unrecorded defects

Blow holes, shrinkage cavities and sand inclusions show up after roughing, when a full shift of spindle time is already burnt. The foundry rarely hears about it.

Unattended runs stop early

A tool-life alarm or a chipped end mill halts the night shift. Nobody notes which cutter or which coolant fault, so the same stop comes back on the next batch.

Multi-part fixtures make counts untidy

Four parts on a tombstone means the control counts cycles, not components. Whoever closes the month matches fixture cycles against job cards by hand, and the two tallies seldom agree.

What the software does

What we would build for vMC machining shops.

Named the way your team already talks about the work. We start with whichever part the audit shows is costing you most.

Machine loading by spindle hours

Place batches on each centre with run hours, setup hours and planned lubrication or ballscrew service on one board. Overloaded machines turn red before the week starts.

Magazine and tool lists

Attach to each programme the tool numbers, holder types, stick-out lengths and life limits, so the setter fills the carousel correctly the first time. A worn drill is swapped before the shift.

Fixture and pallet records

Store each fixture with its parts per cycle, probing datum and rack location, so the count of components follows the count of cycles without a calculator.

Casting and forging receipt

Receive rough parts by pour or heat lot with a visual and Brinell hardness check, then send defects back to the foundry from the same record. Rejects return with proof.

Batch logs and rejects

Book good and rejected pieces per cycle with the cause: oversize bore, broken tap, probe error or porosity found at finishing. The first-off stays signed beside the lot.

Night-run notes

Note why an unattended run stopped, with the alarm number and the cutter. A pattern of repeats points to a tired spindle taper or a blocked coolant nozzle.

Washing, deburring and dispatch

Move finished lots through the washing cabinet, deburring bench and oiling table, then print the delivery note with lot numbers. Packing in crates follows the same list.

Before you talk to a supplier

A requirements checklist for vMC machining shops.

What to cover, which reports to ask for and what to put to every vendor, ready to print or save as a PDF.

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Ready product

A product already built for vMC machining shops.

It is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then.

VMC Machining Shop Management Software

Pocket lists, tombstone and vice fixtures, casting receipt with Brinell checks, probe offsets, cycle rejects and dispatch for vertical machining centre shops.

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Solutions inside

The business modules vMC machining shops use most.

Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.

Services

The services behind it.

Business Process Automation

Approvals, reminders, follow-ups and reports that run on their own instead of on someone remembering.

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IoT and Edge Computing

Machines, meters and sensors feeding the same system your office uses, even when the network drops.

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ERP, CRM and Business Software Implementation

One record of stock, orders, customers and accounts, set up so your team opens it every day.

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How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for your city.

  1. 1

    The audit, by call

    A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.

  2. 2

    A written proposal

    Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.

  3. 3

    Build in short rounds

    Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.

  4. 4

    Go-live, in person when it helps

    For data migration and training we can come to your city. Travel is agreed in advance.

  5. 5

    Support online

    Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.

Our work

Software we have built and run.

We only name clients whose work is published. These are systems our team designed, built and supports.

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Common questions

Questions vMC machining shops ask before they call.

Does it read cycle counts from the machine control?

Not by default. Good-piece counts are keyed in by the operator on a tablet beside the spindle. Pulling counts and alarms from Fanuc, Siemens or Mitsubishi controllers is a separate integration, scoped once we see which controls you run.

Can one cycle produce several parts on the books?

Yes. A fixture record states the parts per cycle, and each booked cycle adds that many components to the batch. Two-sided tombstones are counted the same way.

How do we handle casting rejects found after machining?

The reject is booked against the pour lot with its cause, such as a cavity under the bore. The foundry’s share becomes a number you can put on the table, and it stops being a recollection.

Will it suit a shop with only two machining centres?

It can, if the parts repeat and the fixtures multiply. A two-machine shop running one regular customer may manage with a good planning sheet for some time.

What happens after I share my requirements?

An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.

How much will the software cost?

We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.

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Tell us how your business runs today.

A few lines on your spreadsheets, software and WhatsApp groups is enough. We reply the same working day.

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