Delcam to Show 5 Axis Options at Great Lakes Show
 BIRMINGHAM,
UK, August 13, 2007 - Delcam will demonstrate new options for five-axis
machining in the latest versions of its PowerMILL and FeatureCAM CAM
software during the
Great Lakes show to be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from September
18th to 20th. This new exposition and conference, organized by the Society
of Manufacturing Engineers will showcase innovations and emerging
technologies to help advance the manufacturing community in the Great Lakes
Region. The two Delcam programs contribute to higher productivity by giving
users an unrivalled ability to program equipment for milling, mill/turn,
turning or wire EDM.
Support for continuous five-axis operation, including swarf machining, has
been added to FeatureCAM 2008
The most significant of the new five-axis options in PowerMILL (booth
632) is a powerful tool-axis editing function that allows the user to select
any region of a toolpath and redefine the tool-axis vectors within that
region. This ability will allow users to optimize cutting conditions, in
particular to give faster machining, and to avoid any sudden machine tool
movements that could result in a poor surface finish.
New automated functionality has also been added for much faster
programming of the five-axis machining of blisks, blades and impellers.
Swarf machining has been improved by the addition of an option that forces
the toolpaths to follow the surface internal lines where possible. This
approach can be used to give smoother motion of the machine tool and more
precise control of the cutting conditions.
Improvements in simulation and verification include the ability to rotate
the ViewMILL machining model both during and after the simulation. In
addition, the user interface has been streamlined so that both cutting tool
simulation and machine tool verification can be controlled from a single
toolbar.
Five-axis simultaneous milling capability is now available in Delcam
FeatureCAM (booth 613) for the first time, offering a variety of methods for
controlling the tool axis. The user will be able to set a specific lead
and/or lean angle. This can be done either to access areas unable to be
reached with three-axis machining or to give better cutting conditions.
Alternatively, the tool angle can be set in an orientation either to or from
a point, or to or from a line.
Many three-axis toolpaths generated in FeatureCAM are now able to be
converted to a five-axis equivalent by using automatic collision avoidance
to change the tool axis. The software will automatically tilt the cutter
away from the obstacle by the specified tolerance and then return the
cutting angle to the value set for the overall toolpath once the obstacle
has been cleared. Various choices will be available to control the direction
in which the tool is tilted.
Other new options include five-axis trimming and swarf machining.
Five-axis drilling will also be supported. This new functionality, coupled
with the advanced feature recognition in FeatureCAM, will make it possible
to create drilling programs in seconds even for multiple hole types and
sizes.
FeatureCAM 2008 also features numerous smaller enhancements and
speed-ups, plus new and updated post-processors, in particular for turn-mill
equipment, including the Mazak Integrex, Daewoo Puma and Nakamura-Tome
machines.
For further information, visit
www.delcam.com
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