With the high expense of running machine tools, all
CAM users are looking for ways to optimize machining time through increasing toolpath and cutting efficiency, Bartholomew said. With the new Esprit CAM software,
“Another productivity-boosting area is machine-tool simula-
tion, which entails more than just catching programming errors before they go out to the machine,” Bartholomew said. “It’s a means of performing realistic simulation of an exact replica of the
“Each of those setups requires human labor, and that also means there’s lot of opportunity for human error.”
DP Technology has added the new ProfitMilling strategy, a high-speed material-removal cycle that allows taking significantly deeper, faster and more efficient cuts while reducing wear on the tool and machine. ProfitMilling is patent-pending and is designed for two, three, four and five-axis roughing cycles. The system bases its toolpath calculations—and roughing strategies—on the current stock state, which eliminates inefficient toolpath movement and air cutting, he added.
machine tool, with the inclusion of actual machine-tool kinematics in the calculation of toolpaths. This new technology will overcome many limitations innate to CAM systems, and gives the CAM user more accurate information to use, which increases performance.” In addition to the new ProfitMilling strategy, among the many upgrades featured in ESPRIT 2013 are new options for cutting grooves faster and more efficiently, built-in collision avoidance in multi-axis milling, and a completely new, editable and customizable engraving machining cycle.
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