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Speed, Efficiency and Automation for Milling



Mastercam X7 Mill is designed to provide expanded machining flexibility and an increased emphasis on speed and automation. According to the company, the new Mastercam Simulator, Renishaw Probing and Tool Manager combine with dozens of additional new enhancements in a package intended to improve shop floor productivity.

The Backplot and Verify utilities used to check Mastercam tool motion have now been combined to offer a more efficient workflow, better analysis tools and more comprehensive toolpath support in Mastercam Simulator. Users still access Backplot and Verify from buttons at the top of the Operations Manager, but these utilities now display results in a separate window from Mastercam. This allows users to keep making adjustments to toolpaths even as the tool motion display continues.

Mastercam X7 integrates Renishaw's Productivity+ for in-process gauging. It uses a measuring probe on a machine tool to determine fixture offsets, orientation and critical dimensions. "Probing eliminates the need for tool presetters, expensive fixtures and manual settings with dial indicators," said a company spokesperson. "It allows for machine offsets to be automatically adjusted during machining, further enhancing the manufacturing process."

Mastercam's new Tool Manager provides a new way to organize and create tooling. It has been designed as a flexible and efficient way to manage tools and tool holding components and to create tool assemblies that can be used in Mastercam.

According to the company, additional tools in Mastercam X7 Mill include:

  • Dynamic and OptiRough toolpaths with more efficient tool motion, including enhanced cut orders and faster calculation times.
  • Multi-threading support extended to most 2D high speed toolpaths, resulting in faster toolpath processing.
  • Oscillate motion for Curve and Swarf 5-axis toolpaths, improving tool life by not always machining with the same area of the tool.
  • 3D HST Hybrid toolpath improvements.
  • New 3D HST Project toolpath now includes a full suite of high speed toolpath parameters to refine tool motion.

For more information contact:

Michelle Nemeth

CNC Software, Inc.

671 Old Post Road

Tolland, CT 06084

860-875-5006

info@mastercam.com

www.mastercam.com

Southwest

TX, LA

Don Disco

MLC CAD Systems

6001 W. William Cannon Dr.

Bldg. 2 Ste. 101

Austin, TX 78749

512-288-8511

www.mlc-cad.com

OK

Bob Goree

Red Bird Inc.

P.O. Box 1956

Wichita, KS 67201

316-262-0076

redbird@iwichita.com

Southeast

AL, GA, TN

Allan Drost

CAD/CAM Solutions

2636 Peachtree Walk

Duluth, GA 30096

770-982-3400

cadcamso@mindspring.com

www.cadcamsolutions.net

FL

Jim Gamble

CamTech

696 Ferncliff Drive

Port Orange, FL 32127

386-788-2624

NC, SC

James Wakeford

Barefoot CNC

333 Sanford Dr.

Morganton, NC 28655

828-438-5038

MS

Don Disco

MLC CAD Systems

6001 W. William Cannon Dr.

Bldg. 2 Ste. 101

Austin, TX 78749

512-288-8511

www.mlc-cad.com

VA

Todd Patterson

Dominion CAD/CAM

801 Main St., Suite 708

Lynchburg, VA 24504

434-846-4372

Northeast

CT, MA, RI, NH, ME

Dave Shaby

Compumachine

6 Electronics Ave.

Danvers, MA 01923

978-777-8440

CT, MA, NY, RI, VT

Al Duprey

Macdac Engineering

27 Quality Ave. Upper Level

Somers, CT 06071

860-749-5544

DE, DC, MD, NJ, PA

Prism Engineering

455 Business Center Dr., Ste. 225

Horsham, PA 19044

215-784-0800

NJ, NY MD, PA, WV

Rob Hassold

Cimquest Inc.

1545 Route 206 (2nd Floor)

Bedminster, NJ 07921

732-699-0400

Midwest

IL, WI

Jeff Angsten

ShopWare Inc.

2175 Point Blvd., Ste. 100

Elgin, IL 60123

847-428-4350

847-428-4359

IL, MO

QTE Manufacturing Solutions

820 Westwood Industrial Park Dr.

St. Charles, MO 63304

877-429-5708

636-300-0560

www.qtemfg.com

IN

Randy Maynard

CAD/CAM Technologies

P.O. Box 320

Pendleton, IN 46064

765-778-2020

765-778-3027

IA, NE

David Hoit

Mid-West Tech

206 W 2nd Street

Madrid, IA 50156

515-795-3789

515-795-3540

MN, ND, SD, WI

Prototek Engineering

125 Columbia Court North

Chaska, MN 55318

952-361-5598

952-361-6081

KS

Bob Goree

Red Bird Inc.

P.O. Box 1956

Wichita, KS 67202

316-262-0076

redbird@iwichita.com

West

CA

CAD/CAM Consulting Services, Inc.

996 Lawrence Drive

Newbury Park, CA 91320

805-375-7676

San Diego CAD CAM, Inc.

13220 Evening Creek Drive South

San Diego, CA 92128

858-748-9692

CA, NV

Sierra CAD/CAM, Inc.

6671 Turkey Hollow Trail

Browns Valley, CA 95918

530-748-7491

AZ

MLC Cad Systems, Inc.

6001 W. William Cannon Drive

Austin, TX 78749-1969

512-288-8511

CO, WY

Triad Machine Tool Company

7881 West 48th Ave. S

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

303-424-0268

ID, MT, WA

Cimtech, Inc.

901 Algona Blvd. N

Algona, WA 98001

253-333-0126

ID, NV, UT

Remote Machining Services

9764 South Little Cottonwood Place

Sandy, UT 84092

801-972-2792

MT, OR, WA

MCAM Northwest, Inc.

19136 South Molalla Ave.

Oregon City, OR 97045

503-653-5332

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