PartMaker Inc., a division of Delcam Plc, will unveil its latest version of PartMaker Software for programming CNC Mills, Lathes, WireEDM, Turn-Mill Centers and Swiss-type lathes at IMTS 2010 in Chicago, IL. Major highlights of PartMaker Version 2011,include more powerful milling functionality, new specialist turning routines, a more flexible tooling library, improved simulation of unique machine tool architectures and a host of additional productivity enhancements.
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PartMaker will be exhibited in the booth of its parent company, Delcam Plc, at IMTS 2010. PartMaker will be demonstrated along side Delcam’s other leading edge manufacturing software products including the PowerMILL, PowerSHAPE, FeatureCAM, ArtCAM and PowerInspect range. The Delcam booth will be the largest CAM booth at IMTS 2010, where the most comprehensive range of CAM products at the show will be on display.
Accelerated pace “PartMaker Version 2011 further demonstrates the accelerated pace of development PartMaker has undergone since its acquisition by Delcam four years ago,” says PartMaker Inc. division President Hanan Fishman. “Since joining Delcam, the functionality, capability and power of the PartMaker CAM software suite has grown massively by taking advantage of Delcam’s extensive development resources. Delcam’s world wide team of over 225 developers is the CAM software industry’s largest development team. Multi-axis milling functionality that has taken Delcam many, many man years to develop is being added to PartMaker at a rapid pace and reduced cost, which provides a major benefit to the product’s end users.” More Powerful Milling Functionality Drawing on the numerous improvements made in the previous PartMaker version, PartMaker Version 2011 includes an array of new milling strategies based on the industry leading machining algorithms available in PowerMILL, Delcam’s flagship product for automating the machining of complex shapes. These milling enhancements include, but are not limited to, enhanced 4 and 5 axis surface swarfing techniques, This is in addition to the “Wireframe Swarfing” strategy introduced in PartMaker Version 2010. The PowerMILL/PartMaker Interface (PPI) has also been enhanced in Version 2011.
Specialist Turning Routines Also new in PartMaker Version 2011 is a specialist algorithm for automating the programming of back turning tools with multiple cutting points, angles and radii. A unique algorithm has been developed to automatically calculate tool path using such tools, tools most commonly used on Swiss-type lathes.
Support of Next Generation Machine Architectures PartMaker supports programming of 5-axis simultaneous milling on the next generation of Mill-Turn machine tools, Bar Fed Mills, from such builders as Willimen, Chiron, Mazak and Bumotec among others. These machines, often featuring secondary spindles inverted to the main spindle, as opposed to parallel to the main spindle such as those found on conventional twin spindle lathes, have very unique architectures . Bar fed mills are the fastest growing segment of the small parts manufacturing industry, including the medical device industry.
Improved Tool Handling PartMaker’s Tools Database is much improved in Version 2011. In the new version, users will be able to better manage their tooling information from a master tool file as well as import and export tools to and from spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel. .
PartMaker Inc. Hanan Fishman, President Phone/Fax: (215) 643-5077 ext. 204/(215) 653-0105 www.partmaker.com
