Software

Dollars and Sense

Not every streamlining project requires huge modifications to your production line. Sometimes taking a close look at how basic tasks are currently being performed can lead to simple, cost-effective improvements.

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CAD/CAM

Useful Advice for CAM Software Users

In a whitepaper, Mastercam calls useful advice for CAM software users “CAM Initiatives.” These initiatives are practical projects and procedural policies designed to help a machining company make more effective use of its CAD/CAM resources. Although primarily targeted to Mastercam users, many of these initiatives contain useful advice that benefits users of any CAM software system.

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CAD/CAM

Hexagon Acquires Vero Software

Hexagon AB, a global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies, has announced the acquisition of Vero Software, a UK-based CAM software supplier.

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Monitoring System Eases Complex Process Evaluation

Marposs offers its next-generation Artis CTM V6 tool, machine and process monitoring system, which safeguards and optimizes complex production processes thanks to aligned, in-process monitoring.

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Shops Serving Oilfield Customers Appreciate Retrofits

Buying new is nice, but there are reasons why retrofits make sense for shops serving the oilfield industry.

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CAD/CAM

Design-to-Manufacture Software Combination Improves Workflow

Gleason's Cage bevel and hypoid gear design and manufacture software is available with a seamless link to Smart Manufacturing Technology's Masta full-system transmission design and analysis software.

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CAD/CAM

Bevel Gear Design Software for Multi-Axis CNC Machines

Dontyne Systems offers its Bevel Module Design Tool software for multi-axis CNC machines, developed for form bevel and spiral bevel gear production.

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CAD/CAM

Software Applies Multiple Operations to CAD Feature

BobCAD-CAM will display its range of CAD/CAM software for CNC programming, with an emphasis on its Dynamic Machining Strategies (DMS) for two-, three-, four- and five-axis tool paths.

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Automation

Optical Rotary Encoders Suited to Dynamic Stages

Heidenhain's ERO 1200 and 1400 series of modular optical rotary encoders are designed for motion control use on dynamic stages and machines in the general automation or semiconductor industries, such as pick-and-place machines.

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Training CNC Operators

Make sure shop newcomers know these basics before they are trained on the machines.

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