Software

Conventional versus climb milling

For all practical purposes, says Bob Warfield of CNCCookbook.com, manual machinists always use conventional milling and CNC machinists always use climb milling. "Most of us do one or the other, and seldom change," he observed, but is that right?"

Short answer: it usually is for manual machinists, but things are bit more complex for CNCers, Warfield reports in the 14th episode of the CNC Chef video series, titled "Conventional versus climb milling."

Polygonica Polygonal Modeling Software Engine Addresses Hole Filling

MachineWorks Ltd. is offering solutions for solving difficult 3D scanning problems such as complex hole filling in a point cloud of the 3D object. 3D scanners often produce 3D models with missing regions or with holes. Polygonica polygonal modeling software engine’s latest function addresses hole filling by recapturing the original geometry of the 3D data thanks to clever geometry manipulation.

Laser Radar Combined With Silma X4 i-Robot, Metrolog X4 i-Robot Software

The Nikon Laser Radar combined with Metrologic Group’s software suite, Silma X4 i-Robot and Metrolog X4 i-Robot, provides a flexible and accurate 3D metrology solution, designed for shop floor coordinate measuring machine-quality measurements in short time cycles. This single, intuitive software suite controls both the Laser Radar and the robot, thus simplifying part measurement programming and inspection.

eNETMED CMMS Maintenance Dashboard Software

eNET announces the release of a new addition to the eNET family of softwares, eNETMD. According to the company, this powerful yet easy-to-use Maintenance Dashboard will simplify a shop’s maintenance scheduling and reporting.

Seco Tools AB partners with MachiningCloud Inc.

Seco Tools AB, Fagersta, Sweden, and MachiningCloud Inc., Camarillo, Calif., are partnering to provide Seco Tools product data in the cloud.

CNC Software Inc. celebrates anniversary

2018 marks the 35th anniversary of CNC Software Inc., Tolland, Conn., the developer of Mastercam CAD/CAM software.

CGTech celebrates milestone

CGTech, Irvine, Calif., the developer of Vericut software, is celebrating three decades of innovation and consistent growth.

Vero Software Ltd. hires Chris LaFleur

In response to continued growth throughout the U.S., Vero Software Ltd., Cheltenham, England, hired Applications Engineer Chris LaFleur to deliver technical support to users of the Edgecam and Surfcam brands.

Management Suite for Smart Factory

Management Suite is ANCA’s new software that enables its customers to run a smart factory. The software suite is capable of monitoring the operational performance of machines and providing live production machine data to achieve premium grinding efficiencies in or out of the office.

Learn more about ANCA's Management Suite here.

Machine repair is looking Up

A free app for the repair of industrial equipment aims to quickly connect service requesters with service providers. Up! by Up! LLC, Columbus, Ohio, is a new app designed to match manufacturers with companies that perform repair and preventive maintenance services for equipment. “We look at ourselves as the crusaders against downtime,” said CEO A. Vinod.