CAD/CAM
Plunge Roughing Right Now
This mold shop makes plunge roughing work using the kind of machine and the kind of tooling it’s been using all along. In other words, this shop achieved a faster metal removal rate just by changing direction.
Read MoreWorking With Customers--And Vendors
Apex Mold and Die was preparing to purchase its second Sharnoa CNC machine. At the time, Sharnoa was working with TekSoft to integrate ProCAM software into the machine's PC-based controller. That enabled Sharnoa users to create the cutter paths at the machine and then run the program.
Read MoreThe Case For Verifying And Optimizing Tool Paths
Two very different shops illustrate the potential value of software that works between the CAM software and the CNC.
Read MoreSoftware Package Helps Cut Up To 50 Percent Off Tooling Delivery
Speed. For production companies, this simple word can mean the difference between keeping customers--and losing them.
Read MoreCNC Hole Making Without A Programmer
With NC programs created automatically, this shop goes straight from the designer to the machine tool.
Read MoreStepping Up To 3D Machining
This shop owner had an old 2D CAD/CAM system that was adequate to machine 2D parts, and although he was very adept at using this system, he knew that more complex parts would require a different approach. He then made a conscious and deliberate decision to jump into the world of 3D mold making.
Read MoreGetting The Job Done
This computer-aided manufacturing software package that generates simultaneous two- through five-axis NC tool paths and provides parametric 3D modeling. All geometric modeling and tool path functions are fully associative.
Read MoreWhat's Possible At 10,000 RPM
High-value work doesn’t have to demand a high-cost machine tool.
Read MoreAutomating EDM Electrode Design For Mold Making
Many EDM electrode design steps are being automated, making electrode production faster and easier. Developments promise to streamline situations where EDMing is unavoidable, as well as make EDM attractive as the most efficient machining process in many cases where complex mold shapes are involved.
Read MorePolaroid Improves Manufacturing Output By Leaps And Bounds
The problem with Polaroid's previous approach to using the manufacturing function of the CAD system or a CAM product to create tool paths, from a machining perspective, was that tremendous training was required first to understand how to work in solids as well as how to use the MCAD product and the CAM machining software.
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