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Digital Twin Makes CNC Programming Easier
A digital twin helps to reduce or eliminate any surprises that may occur during the machining process.
Production Machining's February 2021 News Highlights
Esprit launches on-demand learning center, TIMTOS plans hybrid event, GWS acquires Taurus Tool & Engineering, and other industry news.
Precision Machining Technology Moving Shops Forward
New equipment and software continue to be developed to support the needs of production machine shops like yours. Here’s a sample of technology now on the market that can help you grow your operation and become more efficient.
DP Technology Releases Updated Esprit CAM Software
DP Technology, the parent company of the Esprit CAM system, introduces an array of software updates for 2020, including those for Swiss-type lathes.
Emerging Leader Drew Peer Uses Leadership, Technical Skills
The DP Technology regional sales manager’s technical skills and go-getter attitude have helped him rise through the company’s ranks.
CAM System Helps Company Improve Programs for New Machine
A machine shop’s old CAM system held it back from efficiently using its new three-turret turning center, but upgrading its software has helped it save time and money.
DP Technology's Esprit Tests Complex Operations
PMTS 2019: DP Technology’s Esprit features a flexibility in Swiss-style and mill-turn machining, enabling simple programming of complex parts.
Still Learning After 102 Years
It’s said that successful people endeavor to maintain the mentality of being a student for a lifetime. Under four generations of family ownership, and a century-plus in business, Nolte Precise exemplifies this philosophy of always learning as it applies to a modern metalworking shop.
Making Parts on a Swiss/Laser Machine
Adding laser cutting to Swiss-type machining is helping this shop do more work for its customers in the medical industry.
Additive App Offers Integrated Programming and Simulation
DP Technology’s Esprit Additive Suite app is a 3D printing solution that offers integrated programming and simulation for direct metal deposition, and a printer driver that supports the process of additive manufacturing for 3D powder bed fusion systems.
Tsugami/Rem Sales Event to Feature Partner Presentations
Tsugami/Rem Sales will host the second annual Technology Center Open House, a two-day event that will consist of presentations by long-time industry partners, Esprit and Edge Technologies.
New CAM Software Helps Shop Take on More Challenges
Robin Technologies selected Esprit by DP Technology to meet the high demands necessary to take on more complex projects.
Software Provides Time Savings and Improved Accuracy
Shops get paid for making chips, and profit comes from making them as efficiently as possible. Shop management software is a key to reducing waste by ensuring that machining is being done on the right jobs, in the right way and at the right time.
CNC Programming Software Increases Precision and Speed
Programming by hand was once a reality for IM Torneria (Bologna, Italy). However, when projects with complicated components became the norm for the shop, it was obvious to the company that CAM was needed.
Maximizing Machinery in Medical Manufacturing
Looking for a way to get the most from your machines? Isn’t everyone? One manufacturer of orthopedic implants such as bone screws, bone plates, and replacement joints, as well as surgical instruments, is using CAM software to maximize the potential of its increasingly complex machines.
Consolidating CAM Software Cuts Programming Time
At Trillium Machine Inc., there’s no room for thinking within the comfy confines of “the box,” working in the “comfort zone,” or refusing to try the untried.
Full Programming for Traditional and Multi-Axis Turning
Many shops that have long operated with traditional turning centers are now rapidly supplementing their processes with multi-axis machines that have the ability to produce complex parts unattended.
Programming Competition
DP Technology has announced its first “Programmed by Esprit” contest--an opportunity for customers, resellers and students to showcase their talents and programming and machining skills.
Multidiscipline CAM Helps Shop Respond Quickly to Customer Needs
Simplifying the machining process makes a shop more productive, and no shop knows this better than Carbide Products Inc. (Georgetown, Ky.). This job shop has reduced programming time and virtually eliminated programming errors by switching to Esprit software from DP Technology.
When the Valley Shook
Today, just like any other day since the industrial revolution, our society is ripe for manufacturing entrepreneurs to lead.
CAM Reduces Cycle Time From Days to Minutes
When your house is going up in flames, the last thing on your mind is whether the local hero’s firefighting equipment will do its job, and that’s exactly the way it should be.
New Opportunities with CAM
A shop’s first steps into programming with CAM can be intimidating. But this company found success in fearless flexibility and the right software to fit its applications.
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Makino in MexicoMakino has opened an international technology center located in Querétaro, Mexico.
CAM Software Offers Ease of Use
The Esprit 2009 CAM software is designed to save time and money by importing solid models, recognizing features on those models and automatically drawing options from a database of machining practices for the machining of those specific features and for a range of machine types. The KnowledgeBase user interface has been centralized to make it easier to manage all of the data in the database, the company says. The single, consistent user interface allows users to access all the data from one central location, such as the processes, materials and cutting tools, and context-sensitive commands are available with a right-click of the mouse.
Medical Machining Made Simpler
Medtronic Powered Surgical Solutions produces power surgical motors, tools and attachments. CAM with knowledge-based machining capabilities helps them program low volume, complex parts processed on multi-tasking screw machines.
Optimizing Cycle Times With CAM
Swiss-type lathes and CNC automatic screw machines now have more power and flexibility and better accuracy than ever. As the popularity of CNC continues to grow on these machines, a good computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system is increasingly necessary to take full advantage of the machines’ true multitasking capabilities.
Saving Time With CAM System That Supports Four-Axis Turning
Command Tooling (Ramsey, Minnesota) thought it was doing more work than was acceptable for the results it was getting and was searching for a way to save time each month. The company manufactures precision CNC toolholders—primarily end mill, collet, and shell mill holders—that are designed and manufactured to deliver the extreme gripping pressure that ensures precise tool centering and rigidity.
Cutting The Cost Of Casting With CAM System
About the time this company's products were getting more complex, they undertook a major re-engineering process directed at increasing productivity. CAM software played a big role in achieve their objectives.