Parenteau: We recognized an unmet market requirement
when our customers were not getting the most out of their new machine tool investments. We decided to work with CAMplete Solutions [Waterloo, ON, Canada] to develop software to meet the needs of our Nakamura-Tome Multitasking Machine customers. The result was CAMplete TurnMill software, an integrated suite of G-code editing, op- timization, analysis and verification tools, enabling a full range of turn-mill functions which is now standard on all Nakamura- Tome Multitasking Turning Centers. CAMplete TurnMill software for multitasking is a very powerful tool to reduce setup and prove out a new multitasking process. The simulation of the process on the software allows the setup and prove-out to be done off-line away from the machine. This allows the machine to be running while you get the next job ready to run. ME: What is the most critical element of this simulation and post-processing system? Parenteau: CAMplete TurnMill soft-
“ We
call it Gibbs Can!”
Drills used to rescue Chilean miners were made with CNCs programmed by GibbsCAM.
Brandon Fisher, Center Rock founder and CEO (left), with Richard Soppe, down-hole-drill project manager
ware was developed to create a program that could combine G-code from CAM systems and hand-coded G-code into a set of programs that could be simulated, fine-tuned and optimized using detailed 3D Nakamura machine models. The ability to simulate full 3D Nakamura- Tome models is a key part of the success of CAMplete software. For example, if you are not simulating with a true 3D machine model, then you do not have a full picture. If this were the case, the out- come might be a process which leaves room for error with a higher possibility of a machine crash. ME: What key technical advances
does this simulation software offer ma- chinists doing turn-mill and multitasking? Parenteau: The CAMplete TurnMill software allows you to drag and drop
Center Rock Inc., of Berlin, PA, combined state-of-the-art
technology and expertise to CUT IN HALF the time to rescue 33 Chilean miners. Today, Center Rock programmers and machinists continue to accelerate production of drills and drill bits by using GibbsCAM. GibbsCAM integrates all operations. As a result, when
programming mill-turn or MTM, the CNC programmer stays within the same user interface — dramatically saving time while providing unmatched ease of use.
If you’re searching for CAM software that can provide breakthrough performance... Gibbs Can! ®
tools from one turret to the other, or from the left spindle to the right spindle on twin-spindle machines, and re-run the simulation until you have satisfactorily optimized the process. The Tool Library has a full array of toolholders, milling heads
Powerfully Simple. Simply Powerful.
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