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A recent report of the Worldbank shows the strong economic
growth in the East
Asia countries, which will reach about 8 percent in 2006,
the fifth consecutive year of strong economic expansion. The
manufacturing industry in the region contributes significanty
to this growth. More new products are designed and built both
for domestic and export purposes.
Consequently, the
demand for manufacturing automation tools like
"SolidWorks+SolidCAM" is also increasing. To satisfy the
demand, SolidCAM has taken several actions to strenghten the
sales and support capabilities in East Asia:
- Constantly improve the technical skills of our resellers
(see left column)
- Hiring additional industry experts for the main
countries in East Asia
- Support the education of students in manufacturing
automation
According to the Worldbank report, a main
challenge in this region is to prepare the 450 million young
people to become the drivers of future growth. It notes "the
high and rising return to higher skills and the importance of
connecting school and work". A practical example is the
Mechanical Engineering Institute of the well-known Tianjin
University, which just installed 30 seats SolidWorks+SolidCAM
(see article below).
Emil Somekh
Managing
Director
SolidCAM Ltd. |
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Tianjin
University decides for SolidCAM |
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The Tianjin
University is a national university under the direct
administration of the Ministry of Education of China. Founded
in 1895, it became one of the largest multidisciplinary
engineering universities in China. The Mechanical Engineering
Institute is already using nearly 30 CNC machine tools in
their workshops.
To complement the machine tools with
state-of-the art manufacturing software, the Tianjin
University ordered in January 2007 30 licenses of the combined
“SolidWorks+SolidCAM” solution. They will be used for the
training in the classrooms and laboratories to demonstrate the
process of toolpath creation with SolidCAM, based on the 3D
CAD mainstream platform SolidWorks. The installation is
supported by SolidCAM´s reseller Tianjin Qichen Company.
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How CAM
works inside CAD |
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The MACHINE DESIGN magazine published the experience
of a SolidCAM user, James Thompson, the Vice President at AED
in Ft. Collins (Colorado). As SolidCAM is integrated in
SolidWorks, users can not only transfer parts, "but can model
complete projects, including machine pad, fixturing, vises,
and several nested parts, in one run".
He added "In
terms of production efficiency, the software's programmability
and ease of use is almost priceless. Users need only send a
model through SolidCAM to the machine tool, set up the
material, and hit Go. There's no need to review the G- code or
perform a dry run 2 in. above the part to make sure there are
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SolidCAM
exhibits at FORMA TOOL in Slovenia |
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In January 2007 Slovenia was the first Eastern European
country to join the Euro currency system. Slovenia`s economy
is growing more than average - also thanks to the excellent
work of the tool- and moldmaking industry. From April 17-20
this industry will meet at the FORMA TOOL show in Celje, the
specialized exhibition for tool and die makers in Slovenia.
SolidCAM
Slovenia will demonstrate the new version SolidCAM2007 R11
in Hall L, Booth 02. Jernej Lokovsek, Manager of SolidCAM
Slovenia (see photo): "We will team up with the machine
tool reseller ESTRA, which is offering Vertical machine
centers from Hardford and WireEDM machines from AccuteX. This
enables us to show the whole High-Speed machining process
live including toolpath creation, machine simulation
and cutting the real part. In addition, we will demonstrate
the programming of Wire EDM parts for the AccuteX machine."
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