Software evolves with industry
Lab testing and outside-the-box thinking are uncovering novel approaches to difficult machining challenges.
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Stas Mylek
Stas Mylek is applications adviser for CNC Software Inc., Tolland, Conn. For more information about the company’s Mastercam CAD/CAM software, call (800) 228-2877 or visit www.mastercam.com.
Applications Adviser, CNC Software Inc.
Phone: 800-228-2877
Reprogramming your reaction to priciest tools
When programmed to follow optimal CAM toolpaths and matched to a machine tool's capability, expensive cutting tools engineered for high efficiency may offer total-cost-and-performance results that are significantly better than lower-cost cutting tools.
Achieving machining effectiveness
In the first part of this two-part series, I looked at what actually happens in the cutting zone and how that knowledge allows end users to select the best possible cutting tool and CAD/CAM strategy for a particular material to optimize material removal. This second part covers why it is important to adopt this approach not only for all CNC machining processes, but as a significant production cost-saving measure companywide and industrywide.n
Bring on the Heat
Get With The Program column offers a heightened appreciation for the roles that machining parameters and heat play when cutting metal.