CAD/CAM

CAD/CAM 15 Feb 2001

Software Streamlines Mold Production

The design and manufacture of injection mold tooling for plastics connectors can be extremely complicated, with many of the forms, profiles and angles required on these small components being particularly intricate.

Die/Mold 15 Feb 2001

Sparking Better Designs

By automating repetitive splitting and electrode-design work, an Ohio mold and die shop spurs creativity and expands EDM applications.

Die/Mold 15 Jan 2001

Five-Axis Mold Making Software Keeps Tires Rolling

Unless it goes flat, a tire is something most of us take for granted. In fact, the process of making a tire is very specialized and is becoming more sophisticated all the time.

CAD/CAM 15 Nov 2000

Machines For Today's Toolrooms

If there's room for improvement in any NC program, this shop addresses the problem once and for all by making the correction in the postprocessor.

CAD/CAM 15 Oct 2000

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.

CAD/CAM 15 Oct 2000

Manufacturing Technology Keeps Knife Company On The Cutting Edge

'While most companies are dealing in thousandths of an inch, we're dealing in tens of thousandths. That's a lot more complex.'

CAD/CAM 15 Oct 2000

For World's Biggest Statue, CAD/CAM Plays A Crucial Role

The line of CAD/CAM products offered by Delcam (Windsor, Ontario) will play a crucial role in the production of a 500-foot statue of religious figure Maitreya in Bodh Gaya, India. The ambitious, international-scale undertaking is called the Maitreya Project. The hope and goal of this project is for the completed statue to serve as a destination for pilgrims and tourists from around the world.

CAD/CAM 15 Jul 2000

Working 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.