CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
30 August 2007
Events News
ESPRIT at Magnum Machinery Open House Sept. 12-13, 2007
ESPRIT 2008, the latest software release from computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) industry innovator DP Technology, will be showcased Sept. 12-13, 2007, at the Magnum Machinery Open House in Albuquerque, N.M.
Visitors to the open house will have the opportunity to see firsthand demonstrations of advancements made available within the latest generation of the product, including turning stock automation for lathes, open-pocket milling, EDM machine specific machining technology, improved 3D machining performance, B-axis turning for 5-axis mill-turn machines, and more.
The new open pocket feature and open pocket machining cycles in ESPRIT 2008 combine to offer greater machining flexibility and improved cycle times when machining pockets with a combination of open edges and closed walls. These new machining cycles will allow the tool to hang partially over the open edge to improve the edge finish and provide a more constant cutter load throughout the cutting cycle.
Numerous other additions and enhancements were made to ESPRIT in support of improving the productivity of both the milling programmer and milling machine tool. They include faster calculation times for building 3D toolpath, new adaptive facing machining cycles offering dramatically improved cycle times, an all new operation manager that simplifies the CNC programmers' job of organizing machining processes and cutting tools, and new feature groups that allow the programmer to more easily manage the machining conditions for a collection of similar part features.
The new 2008 stock automation technology allows ESPRIT to maintain awareness of the state of lathe stock at all times during the machining process. After each turning operation is created, ESPRIT will update the stock to reflect the actual remaining material based on the machining cycles and cutting tools used. This stock automation capability allows ESPRIT to automatically manage lead-in and lead-out distances and moves, and eliminates the possibility of gouging material or crashing tools, resulting in improved quality of the part program and significantly reduced programming time and effort.
Increased performance and productivity for the lathe programmer are available with the new features in ESPRIT 2008, including new threading cycles with a database of standard thread dimensions, a new cutoff cycle with greater tool control, flexibility for a larger variety of cutting tools, improved material removal and machine simulation for more realistic computer based dry-runs, and the ability to handle an even larger variety of machine configurations (spindles and turrets) in support of today's advanced multi-tasking and mill-turn machine tools.
Among several enhancements to be demonstrated at the show and available in ESPRIT 2008 are significant improvements for milling, turning and wire EDM programming. In addition to increasing the performance of the CAM software, the upgrades reduce the time required to produce part programs while increasing the quality of those programs and helping to reduce machining cycle times.
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