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Meet at the Machine

Where machine builders, technology partners, and Siemens come together to accelerate innovation across the machine tool industry and help manufacturers achieve productivity faster. 

The future of machining requires more than technology

Manufacturing success depends on turning ideas into production outcomes faster. Yet disconnected information, tools, and expertise continue to create delays and complexity across the machining lifecycle. 

The next step in machining is connecting engineering, programming, validation, and production in one continuous workflow. This helps manufacturers accelerate ramp-up, reduce complexity, and continuously improve performance. Realizing this vision requires stronger collaboration across the machine tool ecosystem. 

That is why Siemens launched Meet at the Machine, an initiative that brings together machine builders, software and automation technologies to develop integrated solutions for real manufacturing challenges and help manufacturers achieve productivity faster. 

CNC milling machine cutting a metal workpiece.

Drive productivity through integrated innovation

Deliver differentiated machine value

Combine machine expertise with software and CNC automation to create integrated solutions that help machine builders differentiate their offerings and deliver greater customer value. 

Achieve productivity faster

Enable manufacturers to prepare, program, simulate, and validate production earlier, reducing ramp-up time and accelerating the path to productive machining. 

Advance machining through collaboration

Bring together machine builders, software, automation, and industry expertise to develop integrated solutions for evolving manufacturing challenges. 

From vision to first results

Prepare for production before machine delivery

The first phase of the initiative focuses on helping manufacturers prepare for production before machine delivery. Programming, simulation, validation, and training can begin while a machine is still being built, reducing ramp-up time and accelerating the path to productive machining. 

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Connect the technologies that make it possible

 The comprehensive Digital Twin brings together Siemens CAM, a validated postprocessor, the digital representation of the machine, and the Digital CNC powered by SINUMERIK. This connected environment enables manufacturers to prepare, validate, train and optimize production workflows before the physical machine arrives. 

TRAK Machine Tools und Siemens Digital Twin images on side-by-side computer monitors

Meet the first partner

TRAK Machine Tools is the first partner helping bring Meet at the Machine to life. Together, Siemens and TRAK demonstrate how software, automation, and machine expertise can help manufacturers prepare for production before machine delivery and achieve productivity faster. 

TRAK Machine Tools and Siemens Digital Twin display at a tradeshow
When our customers invest in a new machine, their goal is to achieve productivity and business results as quickly as possible. Meet at the Machine creates a new model for collaboration focused on customer outcomes, and we are proud to be the first partner helping bring this vision to life.
Steve Pinto, TRAK Machine Tools

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