Editing & simulation
How do I build a business case for CNC collision detection?
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Direct answer
Use your own crash history instead of generic savings claims. Add the visible costs—tools, holders, spindle repair, scrap, and rework—to the less visible costs of machine downtime, diagnosis, programmer or technician time, missed delivery risk, and expediting. Compare that recurring exposure with the software, accurate holder and setup modeling, tuning, training, and release-process time required for automated verification.
Practical checkpoint
Review 12–24 months of maintenance, downtime, scrap, and delivery records. Total the real cost of collision-related incidents, then test representative high-risk programs and document which tool, holder, stock, fixture, and travel-limit problems Ultra can catch—and which machine-structure risks still require full Machine Simulation.