Cut the Scrap
FEA software helps manufacturers reduce scrap.
Product Category
Software & Digital Solutions
Built By Design
A CAD-to-part comparison system allows first-article parts inspection on the shop floor and reverse engineering.
CACE Study
Computer-aided cost estimating can help optimize an OEM's or supplier's business in numerous ways.
Can You Be More Precise?
You can fool your machine tool into holding tighter tolerances with error-compensation software.
Brains, Not Brawn
Many of the machine tool innovations at IMTS will be rooted in controls, software and ancillary products--not hardware.
Fixture Element Analysis
Finite element analysis helps eliminate guesswork and overdesigned fixtures.
By the Numbers
Debunking seven common CNC-programming myths.
Software Aware
The author provides guidelines shops can follow when selecting a PC-based CAD/CAM system. Selection guidelines include: CAD functionality, CAM functionality, NC code output, vendor evaluation and hardware selection.
Software Solutions
Tool management software is designed to help users of cutting tools get more control of their toolcribs. The article describes the types of tool management software available, the savings possible by utilizing software and includes comments from shop owners who've installed these systems.
Crib Control
An organized toolcrib is necessary to ensure that tools will be available when needed. This article reviews the techniques and equipment different shops have used to keep track of their tools.
Desktop Machining
Machinists can now find machining simulators on the Web that can tell them what the results will be for a given set of conditions as well as what set of conditions will produce the results they are looking for. This article describes these simulators and the research consortium that developed them.
How Simulation Improves Machining Tool Design and Performance
Computer simulations of the cutting process can help tool designers predict the effects of tool-geometry changes. This article describes how one manufacturer is using the most recent advances in computer modeling to reduce the need for producing and testing prototype inserts. An accompanying article describes a commercially available simulation program.