Software & Digital Solutions

END USER: Central Utah Tool, (801) 374-2745, centralutahtool.com. CHALLENGE: Minimize time for programming complicated machining on a multitask machine. SOLUTION: CAM software for multitasking.

END USER: Bob's Design Engineering Inc., (503) 648-7418, www.bdeinc.com. CHALLENGE: Retain contract for electronics components against offshore competition. SOLUTION: High-performance toolpath generation engine. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Celeritive Technologies Inc., (888) 253-6701, www.celeritive.com.

END USER: Trek Bicycle Corp., (920) 478-2191, www.trekbikes.com. CHALLENGE: Improve material yields and speed generation of nesting patterns for carbon fiber composite parts. SOLUTION: CAM software that automatically generates nesting patterns to maximize material yields.

Get With The Program column for the October 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Shop Operations column for the October 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

It's never been easier to recycle cutting tools, which produces both cost savings and environmental benefits.

New materials and improved part manufacturing help maintain and upgrade aging military aircraft.

John Easley, vice president of sales and marketing at Fischer Precise USA, Racine, Wis., addressed "Spindle Maintenance and Repair" as part of the Fast Track Seminar series hosted at the Cutting Tool Engineering booth during IMTS 2010.

Gerard Vacio and Hilary Schnirring, both of BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., discuss possible strategies for reducing setup time in this Fast Track Seminar, which was presented and filmed at the Cutting Tool Engineering and MICROmanufacturing booth during IMTS 2010.

Get with the Program column, Get with the program

Part Time column for the September 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Shop Operations column for the September 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.