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well, Hasenjaeger said, making 3D models of their products generally available to end users. “This includes machine tool manufacturers, makers of workholding devices such as vises,
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clamps and tooling components, cutting tool and toolholder suppliers, and those making other auxiliary equipment such as spindle probes, part transfer grippers, and other optional ma- chine attachments,” he said. “While this trend is infl uenced by the increased use of simulation technology throughout the manufacturing process chain, the biggest business motivation has been from end users who demand these models as a condition of purchase from the suppliers.” With the latest Version 7.3 Vericut, users can simulate any metalcutting CNC process and Vericut for Composites is used widely by aerospace customers in simulating, verifying and optimiz- ing programming of composite cutting processes. Machine tool movements can be simulated while stepping or playing backwards in Vericut’s Reviewer, which is also playable on an iPad.
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“Simulation system end users are becoming more so- phisticated and beginning to recognize that process analysis features within the simulation are extremely important, maybe the most important feature of any simulation system,” Hasen- jaeger said. “It’s easy to lose sight of this important fact in the very visual world of machining simulation and the anima- tion of the machine. Pretty pictures are nice, but process simulation is an engineering analysis tool. It doesn’t matter how nice the images look if the simulation is unable to alert the user of process problems, such as small-but-disastrous workpiece gouges. Unfortunately, some software simulation methods reduce accuracy for faster simulation speed while hiding unrealistic fl aws with graphics shading ‘tricks’—not only are the fl aws hidden, but so are process errors.” An additional detailed analysis feature recently introduced in
Vericut is the Force method of cutting analysis and feed rate op- timization, Hasenjaeger said. “Based on years of research at one of our large aerospace manufacturing customers, Force evalu- ates the cutting conditions for each machining cut and predicts cutting forces, torque and chip load,” he said. “Diffi culties can be quickly identifi ed and feed rates automatically adjusted to bring the conditions within a range of optimal machining behavior.”
Mobile Verifi cation, Optimization Taking NC verifi cation onto the shop fl oor, Spring Tech- nologies (Paris), developer of NCSIMUL Machine 9.2 simula-
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