Another Step Toward CAM Automation A CAD/CAM software provider has taken an important step that will enable CNC machine tool users to benefit from emerging data-communications standards designed to promote a truly “paperless”...
Continuous Turning On Turn-Mills A new CAM feature continuously manages B-axis head rotation to allow turn-mills to completely turn inner and outer workpiece profiles using a single tool.
An Alternate Route For Generating An Alternate Tool Path A universal toolpath engine for two-axis milling optimizes cycle times by maintaining a constant material removal rate regardless of part geometry. This toolpath engine is not a CAM system. Instead,...
Reverse Engineering Paves The Way For Scott Tudury, co-owner of Apex CNC (Morgan City, Louisiana), the key to the future was a broken rocker arm on a Harley-Davidson Knucklehead motorcycle engine. Built between 1936 and 1947, the...
Simulation Speeds Cycle Times On Complex Parts Tell Tool of Westfield, Massachusetts, is a shop that produces electronic engine controls and other system components for aircraft.
Programming From Memory Go beyond crib books. Using a CAM-based knowledge library does more than just speed programming—it can also make machining more
CAM Software Is The Driving Force Doug Noxell knew he had the right software for machining to zero, so he created a shop to add the rest of the capability.
Making Programming Hands Free (Almost) Feature-recognition CAM software helps this Rockwell Automation mold shop deliver critical molds more quickly. A programmer is still needed, but the software automation saves considerable time.
The Hard-Milling Imperative Mold shops will have to do hard milling—or find someone who can do it for them.
CAD/CAM Considerations For Micromilling Milling with tools that are smaller than 100 microns in diameter presents equipment design and toolpath-generation challenges. This NC software maker offers strategies for creating safe, optimized...
Macro Economics Instead of NC programs that are dedicated to particular parts and machines, this plant now uses macro programs that react to geometric variations across broad part families. The plant wrote these...
