CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
5 March 2007
Events News
Delcam's FeatureCAM and PartMaker to Debut in Taiwan at TIMTOS
Delcam Taiwan will exhibit the FeatureCAM and PartMaker CAM systems in Taiwan for the first time on booth H405 at the TIMTOS exhibition to be held in Taipei from 12th to 17th March. The company will also demonstrate the latest versions of Delcam's established CADCAM products, including the PowerSHAPE CAD software, the PowerMILL CAM system and the ArtCAM program for engraving and routing. Live machining demonstrations will be shown on a number of machine tool stands, including three-axis and five-axis machining with PowerMILL, turn/mill operations with FeatureCAM, and On-Machine Verification using PowerINSPECT.
FeatureCAM's feature-based technology shortens programming time and makes CADCAM easier to learn by defining parts in the same way that machinists describe them. The software's knowledge-based technology manages manufacturing more efficiently, by combining the power of automation with precise control over machining strategies. At the same time, automatic feature recognition accelerates the design-to-machining process by intelligently and automatically extracting part information from imported CAD files.
The FeatureCAM range provides a complete solution for production machining with a broad range of data importing options and an extensive library of post processors. The software also offers the ability to create custom posts and edit existing ones, feed rate optimisation, a powerful API for macro creation and program customizations, job quoting documentation, and an integrated 3D simulation package.
PartMaker is a global leading software for the programming of multi-axis lathes with live tooling and CNC Swiss-type lathes. The system uses a unique "divide and conquer" approach to manufacturing in which complex parts are broken down into individual sections that can be programmed quickly and easily.
PartMaker is also a knowledge-based CAM system, allowing it to provide substantial gains in programming efficiency by remembering the tools, material and process information necessary to machine individual part features. PartMaker thus relieves the user from the need to re-enter the same feature information for subsequent parts. It also improves productivity by simplifying the synchronisation of the various turning and milling operations, including allowing the simultaneous use of multiple tools on suitable equipment.
PartMaker pioneered a Visual Programming Approach for programming multi-axis lathes with live tooling, a system for which the company holds two U.S. patents. It makes extensive use of pictures to help the user describe tools, part features and machining data, and so is easy to learn and quick to use.
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