Japan's Kawanami Aluminum Jacket Wins Machining Contest
 GLOUCESTERSHIRE,
UK,
Jan 4, 2008 - The Gold prize in the Die and Mold machining / Mold machining
section of Mori Seiki’s Cutting Dream Contest Awards 2007 was won by the
Kawanami Ironworks Inc. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the company machined a jacket
from aluminum.
detail of jacket
The engineers from Kawanami Iron Works used WorkNC CAM/CAD software from
Sescoi to program the toolpath, which produced the winning entry on a
machining center.
Working from a 3D CAD model, the design for the jacket was imported into
WorkNC. The engineer responsible at Kawanami Ironworks explained the
process. “The model was entirely made up of free form surfaces, so the most
difficult task was planning the sequence of operations and positioning the
job datum.” The ultimate aim was to produce a finished product which
properly represented the look and feel of the jacket. He continued, “The
majority of the part was cut with WorkNC’s machining between two curves
strategy. We found that this gave the best result for expressing the
softness of the fabric.” Kawanami Ironworks’ engineers also used many of the
other finishing toolpaths in WorkNC, these enabled them to pick out the fine
detail and access confined areas without tool or holder collisions.
Jacket machined with WorkNC
The engineers were impressed with the ease of use and data importation
capabilities of WorkNC. “The software recognized the complex CAD data
without any problems. We also found the system very easy to learn and
implement with many toolpaths to choose from, making it flexible and very
reliable. Furthermore, despite the complexity of the jacket, calculation
times were extremely fast.”
This was the fourth Mori Seiki Cutting Dream Contest and the standard of
the entries was very high. Winning the coveted Gold prize is a true
reflection of the skills of the engineers at Kawanami Ironworks, and the
technology available in WorkNC which contributed to their success.
About Sescoi
For 20 years, Sescoi has been developing software solutions renown for
their quality, reliability, ease of use, and automatic features, as well as
for world-class technical support and service.
Sescoi has established sales and support offices across the United
States, Europe and Asia in order to serve thousands of local and
international customers from a range of industries.
Sescoi's software solutions include:
- WorkNC, an automatic CAM/CAD solution for 2 thru to
5-axis milling, featuring the award-winning 'Auto 5' module which
automatically converts 3-axis toolpaths into simultaneous 5-axis
toolpaths
- WorkNC-CAD, a uniform CAD solution for the entire
manufacturing process
- WorkPLAN, an integrated management solution for
custom manufacturers that brings together company-wide data and
resources enhancing knowledge, responsiveness and efficiency across the
company.
- MyWorkPLAN, a cost effective and easy to implement
job management system for small and medium sized custom manufacturers
that controls quotations, time and resources, capacity and delivery
dates to optimize performance and profitability.
With many years' business, engineering and software development
experience, Sescoi understands customers' requirements, helps them master
the challenges of new software implementation and build their business
long-term. For more information visit at
http://www.sescoi.com/.
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