Manufacturing software provides users with an environment based on Microsoft Office and also an assured long term compatibility and upgrade path with a wide range of proprietary applications.

Shopfloor networking and hardware specialist, DLoG (UK) will be launching it Pro series of manufacturing software on Stand: 5775 at MACH 2006, which takes place at the NEC between 15th-19th May. Developed using the latest Microsoft .Net tools, the software family not only provides users with a familiar and productive environment based on Microsoft Office, but also an assured long term compatibility and upgrade path with a wide range of proprietary applications. The first products to be released are ProRM for production data management, ProFMC for DNC, and ProNC, a fully featured NC editing system.

Designed specifically to meet the needs of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), DLoG's ProRM Resource Manager offers fast, simple and highly effective solutions for managing, delivering and archiving all production related data, along with its seamless exchange between production planning, engineering, manufacturing control and shopfloor departments.

The system handles all types of manufacturing based files - including NC programs, drawings, images, video clips, documents and spreadsheets - for assemblies and sub-assemblies, as well as individual components.

ProRM also has a WinXP look and feel and a simple tree structure, which allows users to drill down for information from top level assembly, through sub-assemblies, down to individual component parts.

The system's search function operates across all database fields and a powerful preview facility enables all file types to be accessed and viewed without the need to switch between applications.

Database-driven ProRM provides advanced file management, distribution and reporting, with two-way communication with NC machines for fast and effective delivery of manufacturing data to the shopfloor, automated shopfloor data collection, and report generation using industry-standard Crystal Reports.

The first releases of ProFMC and ProNCE will also be demonstrated by DLoG at MACH.

ProFMC supports all the standard requirements of a modern DNC system, including up/downloading of NC programs; remote DNC, enabling operators to download files directly to their machine controller; drip feed with re-entry from previous machine stop; and the ability to run up to 256 DNC tasks simultaneously.

The module also includes a 'drag and drop' facility for single or multiple files; and a machine list, which provides an overview of all current machine statuses.

ProNCE delivers powerful editing tools for NC programs of any length.

An NC wizard provides fast and accurate editing of values, cycles and macros, along with line numbering / renumbering, an XYZ range finder, and back plotting capability.

In addition, the 'NC File Compare' function highlights all changes between the original and optimised versions of the program.

The productivity, efficiency and time-to-market benefits of touch screen data transfer, collection and reporting will also be highlighted by DLoG on Stand 5775, through demonstrations of the company's latest hardware for shop floor, manufacturing and process industry applications.

* About DLoG (UK) - based at Oldbury in the West Midlands, DLoG (UK) specialises in providing industrial networking and touch screen shopfloor solutions that encompass everything from shopfloor data collection, machine monitoring and Work In Progress tracking, to sophisticated production data management systems capable of development into fully paperless manufacturing solutions.

With a UK user base exceeding 300 installed sites, the company services the needs of customers throughout the aerospace, automotive, precision engineering, woodworking, tobacco and pharmaceuticals sectors.

A Microsoft Certified Partner, DLoG (UK) also provides a wide range of DNC solutions, tool management systems, Work in Progress, finite capacity scheduling and Barcode applications.