Zone: CAM for Production Machining

Programming From Memory

Stored machining process being accessedGo beyond crib books. Using a CAM-based knowledge library does more than just speed programming—it can also make machining more consistent throughout the shop.

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CAM And Turn/Mill: Making More With Less
11/7/2008 Production Machining
A shift in thinking has led to an overhaul of this company’s machine tools and production processes. The result has been a significant improvement in capacity that has allowed more parts to be brought in-house and more profits at the end of the day.
CAM Software Helps Reduce Machining Time By 80 Percent
10/1/2008 Modern Machine Shop
This company upgraded its CNC milling capability and CAM software to make use of solid models and get its components produced more quickly.
Programming A Robot The Way You Program A CNC Machine Tool
9/17/2008 Modern Machine Shop
Programming a robot with the same CAM software used for a multi-axis machine tool makes it unnecessary to “teach” the robot by jogging it manually from point to point and recording these point-to-point moves as the robot’s motion commands. Robotmaster is a software package that provides this CAD/CAM-based, off-line programming for robots. It runs fully integrated inside Mastercam CAM software for CNC machine tools.
Achieving Metal-Like Tolerances In Composite Parts
8/5/2008 Modern Machine Shop
On-machining probing compensates for uncertainty in machining operations in composites
How PLM Helps Manage Global Supply Chains
5/10/2008 Modern Machine Shop
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) can make it possible to capture information from all stages of manufacturing and production. Here are a few examples of how PLM can help optimize production processes that are spread around the world.

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CAM for Production

CAM software for production is focused on programming machining centers, lathes and turn/mill machines to execute a variety of typically simple machining operations in the most efficient sequence possible. Milling, pocketing, slotting, drilling and OD and ID turning are all examples of operations that might apply to the machining cycle for a particular production part.

CAM software for production also often features tools for software automation, or knowledge-based machining. Many of the decisions necessary to machine a production part are repetitive, involving assigning particular tools and parameters for particular varieties of drilled holes or milled features. CAM software with some knowledge-based functionality can allow the programmer to input his “knowledge” about tool, process and parameter preferences for certain fundamental types of machined features, so that the software can recognize those features in the future and program them automatically, saving the programmer time.

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New Software Version Offers Advanced 3D High-Speed Machining
Gibbs and Associates 11/25/2008
Process-Analysis Software
Third Wave Systems 10/22/2008
Upgraded Version Of CNC Software
Mastercam / CNC Software, Inc. 10/22/2008
Improvements To Multi-Axis Machining Software
Surfware, Inc. 9/30/2008
Upgrade Includes New User Interface
ESPRIT by DP Technology Corp. 9/29/2008

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