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analyzing overall machine time. “If you want to utilize your machines more, another thing you have to look at is your human labor component. It costs money to have somebody standing by every machine.”
Automation improvements with optimized cells, automatic probes, and pallet changers can help reduce machine down- time, Gibbs noted. “CAM software has the potential to make sure that you don’t take problems to the machine,” Gibbs said. “With simulation, you can check to ensure you have all your tooling presets, make sure the programming concepts are validated, and spend much less time checking programs for errors.”
The latest GibbsCAM 2014 offers improved fi ve-axis machining with two 5-Axis MultiBlade options for machining of turbomachinery components such as impellers, blisks, and blings. The software also incorporates the latest versions of the VoluMill toolpath optimization for roughing toolpaths to speed up machining.
High-speed roughing from Delcam is now available in PowerMill 2014 with the company’s new Vortex high- effi ciency area clearance strategy. Delcam’s patent-pending Vortex “takes a different approach to other apparently similar developments as it is based on maintaining a controlled angle of engagement and so allows a near constant feed rate for cutting moves, rather than focusing on aiming for a consistent metal-removal rate with varying feed rates,” said Peter Dickin, Delcam marketing manager.
“The goal is to push a button and see G-code, with no edits required.”
A key trend is more widespread acceptance and adoption of “dynamic” style toolpaths, said Steve Bertrand, sales man- ager, CNC Software Inc. (Tolland, CT), developer of Master- cam. “It’s a technique we’ve been developing and expanding
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