PRESS RELEASE

Illustrations available upon request

 

 

For Immediate Release

March 2010                                                                                            

Contact: Michelle Nemeth

                                                                                  Phone:  (860) 875-5006

                                                                                      Fax:  (860) 872-1565

                                                                        Michellen@mastercam.com

                                                                                               

Mastercam’s Multiaxis Machining Increases Speed and Finish

 

Tolland, CT – Multiaxis machining can dramatically increase a shop’s competitiveness, and Mastercam’s multiaxis machining offers a wide range of multiaxis machining strategies – both basic and advanced. With Mastercam, you have complete control over the three crucial elements of multiaxis machining – toolpath types, tool motion, and tool axis.

 

Toolpath Types

Mastercam’s multiaxis machining offers many toolpath types and features to simplify programming including:

  • Machine 5-axis parts using spiral, zigzag, or one way tool motion
  • Swarf fanning and swarf machining over multisurface floors to keep the tool edge against the drive surface for a smooth finish
  • Multisurface 5-axis roughing and finishing, including depth cuts, plunge roughing, and flowline machining
  • Minimum tilt control, which helps prevent tool motion that would cause tool holder collisions
  • Special options for machining cylinder heads and converting probe data to machinable geometry
  • And much more

 

Tool Motion Control

Mastercam’s multiaxis machining gives you complete control over the tool axis, lead/lag, entry/exit, and tilt, which simplifies even the most difficult multiaxis jobs. Full entry and exit control lets you determine exactly where and how the cutter enters and leaves your part. There is an automatic point generator, which adds greater precision, as well as advanced gouge checking and a 5-axis safe zone around the part.

 

Tool Axis Control

Powerful axis limits control tool motion between defined angles, ensuring that the tool tilt will not violate part or machine tool limits. You can easily refine control of your tool axis with a few simple pieces of CAD geometry, and shank containment simplifies cutting in confined areas.

 

For more information on Mastecam’s Multiaxis machining, please visit www.mastercammill.com.

 

 

 

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About Mastercam

Developed by CNC Software, Inc., Mastercam is Windows®-based CAD/CAM software for 2- through 5-axis routing, milling and turning; 2- and 4-axis wire EDM; 2D and 3D design, surface, and solid modeling; and artistic relief cutting. CNC Software is a privately owned corporation founded in 1984. The U.S.-based company provides Mastercam CAD/CAM solutions to more than 150,000 installations in 75 countries in industries including mold-making, prototyping, automotive, medical, aerospace, and consumer products. Mastercam runs under Windows 2000, Windows XP, VISTA, and Windows 7, and is compatible with all other CAD/CAM systems. For more information about CNC Software, Inc. and its Mastercam family of products, contact CNC Software, Inc., M - F, 8 AM - 6 PM EST at (800) 228-2877 or (860) 875-5006,    671 Old Post Road, Tolland, CT 06084. Or visit www.mastercam.com.