Software

CAD/CAM

Enhancements Improve Machine Tool Productivity

Siemens has enhanced its Sinumerik Operate user interface and Sinumerik MDynamics CNC milling and turning technology to improve machine tool performance.

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System Tracks Mold Performance, History

AST Technology’s CVe monitor is an electronic mold-monitoring system that tracks mold performance, activity and maintenance history.

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CAD/CAM

CAD/CAM Software Improves Productivity, Simplifies Design

Missler Software says its TopSolid’Design 7.6 CAD/CAM software improves productivity and simplifies the design and modification of large assemblies in an organized and structured environment.

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Compact, Flexible Water Manifold System

DMS offers the compact water manifold system Koolflow manifold.

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Automation

A Sampling of Advanced Technologies at FANUC

Here are some of my impressions about the technologies I saw during a recent trip to FANUC’s headquarters in Japan.

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CAD/CAM

Modeling Functionality Enhances Software

The PartMaker division of Delcam Plc. offers PartMaker Modeling, a new functionality in PartMaker 2012.

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Vector Programming Eases Five-Axis Aerospace Machining

Because the CNCs on this shop’s largest five-axis machining centers accept vector coordinates as program input instead of traditional G codes, critical jobs can be shifted readily from machine to machine.

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CAD/CAM

Hardware/Software Automates CNC Machining

ToolMaster hardware/software is a combination of software and a laser-measuring device.

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Milling Tools

Inconel Meets Match in General-Purpose End Mill

This difficult Inconel application demonstrates that even some basic tool designs can perform admirably when paired with the right tool paths.

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CAD/CAM

Software Enables AFP Experimentation

CGTech’s Vericut Composite Paths for Engineering (VCPe) provides composite part designers, mechanical engineers and process engineers with the same software tools as NC programmers for creating NC program paths

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