CNC Consulting and Process Engineering Support
Planetary Engineering LLC helps machine shops, manufacturers, and product developers solve CNC process problems, improve setups, and make machining work more repeatable.
Support can include CNC programming review, fixture and workholding strategy, custom probing cycles, macro programming, operator training, cycle-time improvement, and short-run production planning.
If a part, program, setup, or process is close but not running the way it should, we can help review the details and find a practical path forward.
CNC Consulting and Process Engineering Support
Remote Process Engineering
Remote support for CNC programs, setup questions, tooling plans, probing logic, and process troubleshooting.
Customers can share CAD files, drawings, photos, setup sheets, machine details, tool lists, or sample code for review. This is useful when a shop needs experienced input without an on-site visit.
CNC Process Improvement
Review of existing CNC machining processes to help reduce setup time, improve reliability, reduce cycle time, improve tool life, or solve repeat quality problems.
This can include program review, tooling strategy, workholding changes, probing improvements, machine utilization, and practical shop-floor recommendations.
Turnkey and Limited-Turnkey Support
Support for new CNC jobs, prototype runs, and short-run manufacturing projects. This can include reviewing the part, material, machine setup, tooling, workholding, programming approach, inspection plan, and operator workflow.
The goal is to help the job start cleaner, reduce trial-and-error, and make the process easier to repeat.
Macro Programming
Custom CNC macro support for repeatable setup, probing, part families, operator prompts, offsets, inspection routines, and process automation.
Macro programming can help reduce manual steps, improve consistency, and make complex or repeated operations easier for operators to run.
We offer macros for:
Fanuc
Tosnuc
LNC
Heidenhain iTNC 530+
CNC Operator Training
Practical CNC training focused on real shop workflows, setup habits, probing, work offsets, tool offsets, program flow, part loading, inspection checks, and process awareness.
Training can be tailored to the machine, control, part family, and experience level of the operator.
On-site operator training is available for the following controls:
Fanuc
Tosnuc
LNC
Heidenhain iTNC 530+
Custom Probing Cycles
Custom probing routines for setting work offsets, checking stock, verifying part position, inspecting features, reducing setup variation, and improving confidence before machining.
Probing support can include macro logic, offset handling, operator prompts, and process review for mills using touch probes.