IMTS 2018: CGS North America Inc. sells and supports Cam-Tool and CG Camtool for SolidWorks. Product Post: 7/6/2018 Edited by Patrick Barney Editorial Assistant CGS North America Inc. sells and supports Cam-Tool and CG Camtool for SolidWorks. Cam-Tool has been designed for the Mold and Die industry. Its tools are suitable for Die and Mold

The NX software suite from Siemens provided this moldmaker with tools that simplified and automated steps in the mold design process. With a focus on increased quality and compressed build times, companies like JK Machining, which specializes in designing and manufacturing plastic-injection molds, must strive to meet customer demands. The company

SmartCAMcnc has announced the release of SmartCAM v2019 comprising CNC milling, turning, fabrication and wire EDM capabilities. This version delivers new Adaptive Solid-Pocket and Solid-Planar processes in the Advanced Milling, Advanced Turning and Freeform Machining applications. Also included are various

Version 2018 R2 of the Visi software platform from Vero Software provides a module for reverse engineering, along with improvements for CAD and CAM processes. The platform is useful for the mold and die market. The reverse engineering modules enable loading of a points cloud and the relative mesh created by setting

SmartCAM v2019 CAM software consists of applications for CNC milling, turning, fabrication and wire EDM. Also included are changes to the user interface and core functionality. The Adaptive Solid Pocket Process is said to be used to create high-speed rough milling toolpath when pocketing on solid or surface

MYT Works used NCSimul Machine from Spring Technologies, which enabled the company to efficiently prototype and produce custom camera equipment for film. MYT Works Inc., a New York-based manufacturer, is intimately familiar with both movies and manufacturing. The company designs and manufactures slider dollies, skater dollies and tripod heads

Product Post: 12/5/2018 Edited by Tarah Rauch Editorial Assistant, Gardner Business Media CGTech’s Vericut version 8.2 includes the Force Turning module for NC program optimization. Force is a physics-based NC program module that analyzes cutting conditions to achieve ideal chip thicknesses, while managing the required cutting

CGTech has announced that its latest release of Vericut 8.2, includes a new module for NC program optimization: Force Turning.Product Post: 12/7/2018 Edited by Katelyn Arnold Editorial Intern, Modern Machine Shop CGTech has announced that its latest release of Vericut 8.2, includes a new module for NC program optimization: Force Turning. Vericut

Intuitive interfaces and automated steps are making CAM programming easier for new users, even as parts and the machines that produce them increase in complexity. Blog Post: 12/11/2018 Julia Hider Associate Editor, Production Machining As parts become more complex, so do the machines used to produce them. These machines can help save time and

“Around half of the parts produced today are not programmed using CAD/CAM software but are instead programmed on the shop floor, and we aim to simplify this process,” says ModuleWorks.News Post: 12/17/2018 Edited by Katelyn Arnold Editorial Intern, Modern Machine Shop ModuleWorks and Sandvik Machining Solutions have announced their