ance. Most of Computape’s projects are fi xed bid, which means Popp must be as effi cient as possible if he’s to avoid costly code rework. “I don’t have time to mess around with changes to the program, and neither do my customers. Once I review a project in Vericut, I know it’s good.” So strongly does he believe in
Vericut’s capabilities for process im- provement—both his and his custom- ers’—that it has become a permanent part of the Boeing-compliant Digital Product Defi nition (DPD) procedure at Computape, a process that’s adhered to whether the part is a $50 mount- ing bracket or a $50,000 airfoil. At the end, Vericut results are delivered to his customer along with the drawing and NC-fi le package. For those that don’t own Vericut—an increasingly smaller percentage, said Popp—a free viewer is available from the CGTech website. According to Popp, Vericut is also a
great communication tool. Tool libraries with speed and feed information are clearly defi ned in Vericut, as well as machine tool construction and travel limits. This allows for easy collabora- tion with the customer during process defi nition and Q&A sessions, providing confi dence on both sides of the phone that the delivered product is error free and clear of any tool reach or potential interference problems.
His competition might think he’s crazy for sharing the technology. After all, most businesses that latch on to a competitive edge like to keep it close to the vest. Not so, Popp. He’s been spreading the good word of toolpath verifi cation almost as long as he has had it, leading a num- ber of his customers to bring their own verifi cation in-house, sometimes cutting Computape out of the action. One of these is Ultra Machining Co. (UMC; Monticello, MN), an aerospace and medical machine shop just down
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