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We
are proud to present you our new software release SolidCAM2007 R11. With
this release, SolidCAM is further expanding its NC
functionality to cover especially the needs of the Mold, Tool
and Die market. The main highlight of the new version is a
High-Speed Machining (HSM) module that generates optimum
roughing and finishing CNC toolpaths for the High-Speed
Machining of complex 3D shapes.
With demands for
ever-shorter lead times and improved quality, High-Speed
Machining is becoming more widely adopted in many mold, tool
and die shops to machine hard materials with increased feeds.
The SolidCAM HSM Module extends the 3D machining capabilities
of your existing SolidCAM system. The HSM module provides many
unique machining strategies for generating world-class high
speed machining programs and is ideally suited for the rapid
generation of toolpaths for high-speed milling machines. As a
result, the new module will provide increased surface quality,
less wear on your cutters and a longer life of the machine
tools. The shipment of the new release to SolidCAM customers
will start end of September.
Dear reader, we would
like to invite you to our next tradeshows, the IMTS
show in Chicago and the AMB2006
in Stuttgart, where we will present SolidCAM 2007 R11 the
first time to the American and European audience.
Emil
Somekh
Managing Director
SolidCAM Ltd.
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Success factors for High-Speed
Machining |
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The
successful implementation of High-Speed Machining does not
only require the right CAM strategies (see new SolidCAM
release), but also appropriate other HSM components. Besides
the CNC programming software, machine components like milling
machine, coolant, clamping, cutter tool and tool holder are
equally important. The right combination of all HSM components gives
moldmakers a competitive edge in terms of surface quality,
production time and costs. In a recent article in "Moldmaking
Technology" magazine, Steve Ortner has analyzed "The Keys to
Successful High-Speed Machining".
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Single Window Integration for
Moldmakers |
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How
to compress the time of mold production? Remove all interface
bottlenecks by using CAD/CAM modules, which operate in the
same window and on the same 3D database as the underlying
design system! SCP
Plastics, a U.S. based injection molder of thermoplastic
engineering materials, has thus increased its productivity
dramatically.
After having choosen the 3D CAD
mainstream system SolidWorks as their design platform, SCP
Plastics later complemented it with two "Gold partner"
products for mold design (R&B)
and manufacturing (SolidCAM). R&B provides a suite of
applications, consisting of SplitWorks, MoldWorks and
ElectrodeWorks, which automatically create a parting model,
assemble the mold base and then extract the electrodes.
SolidCAM software then receives the mold model and translates
it to CNC machine language - seamlessly integrated in the same
window.
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Learn more about SCP
Plastics...
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German suppliers rely on
SolidWorks+SolidCAM |
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Barth
GmbH and Gerdt
GmbH are contract manufacturers, both located in the
"Black Forest" in Southwest Germany. Barth GmbH provides
complex protopytes and functional models to its customers,
whereas Gerdt GmbH offers all kind of manufacturing services,
including turning and 2,5 axis to 5 axis Milling in Steel,
Aluminium and Titanium.
Although both companies
provide different services, they have common CAD/CAM
requirements: A need for wide range of data translators,
excellent Design- for-Manufacturing functions, machining
capabilities from 2,5 to 5 axis, with special focus on Hermle
CNC machines. Answering these functional needs and providing
both ease-of-use and short learning curve, the combined
SolidWorks+SolidCAM solution was their system of choice.
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SolidCAM at SolidWorks World User Conference in
China |
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SolidCAM
China exhibited at the ”SolidWorks World 2006 China”
conference, held on August 22 in Shanghai and on August 24 in
Shenzhen. The conference, sponsored also by SolidCAM, had been
opened with a keynote speech of John McEleney, CEO of
SolidWorks, about “‘Passion stimulate inspiration, Design lead
innovation”. Together with its partners Qichen Ltd. and Shark
Networking Ltd , SolidCAM China demonstrated the ease-of-use
of SolidCAM2006, including the single Window integration in
SolidWorks. Participants from the chinese machinery,
electronics, consumer and mold industry were impressed by the
power of SolidCAM`s machining capabilities.
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