Software

Automation In A Production Shop

Production turning automation is the beneficiary of increasingly powerful design and application tools. This makes it much easier to create automation that fits the application.

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CAD/CAM

Fast Prototype To Production

When a shop designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range of high-accuracy, high-volume components, it must depend on high-speed machining capabilities incorporated in its machines’ CAD/CAM software. Oscor Inc.

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Medical

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.

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Computer Standard To Streamline Shops

The communications protocol called MTConnect will allow all brands of machines, peripherals and managerial software to talk to one another.

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Protecting Capital Equipment

"The Atam," as this shop refers to the device, is designed to perform machine diagnostics and real-time, in-process tool action monitoring. The process analyzer from Atam Systems (New Albany, Ohio) is a relatively simple tool.

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CAD/CAM

Simulation Fascination

One package that was created for the newer generation of Swiss-type machines and lathes is SylvieXpert, developed in Switzerland and distributed in the United States by JuraTech Engineering (Oxnard, California).

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CAD/CAM

NC Coding For Encoders

With the right CAM system, this manufacturer of industrial encoders was able to incorporate offline part programming and knowledge-based machining for increased productivity.

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Software Races To Meet Company Management Needs

Historically, Joe Gibbs Racing relied on Microsoft Word and Excel to schedule, track and price the race engines and other parts the company manufactures and assembles for its teams. However, as the business grew, managing these processes with the two applications became increasingly inefficient and time consuming.

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CAD/CAM

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.  

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CAD/CAM

Postprocessors: An Integral Part Of Machine Tools

Without a good postprocessor, many machine tools are underutilized. It takes a well-matched post to access the full potential built into a machine.

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