5-axis tangent machining: efficient finishing of any continuous faces with conical barrel cutters
3-D plane level machining: simple manual or automatic selection of plane faces
Conical Interpolation: simultaneous 5-axis movements speed up the machining
5-axis optimized rest material roughing: Machine-friendly, tool-friendly, extremely short machining and calculation times
OPEN MIND Technologies AG has announced its current version of hyperMILL 2016.2. The CAM solution hosts a set of optimizations in 2-D, 3-D, 5-axis and HPC machining that can boost performance and ease of use. Highlights of the new version include 5-axis tangent machining from the hyperMILL MAXX Machining performance package and also the 5-axis optimized rest material roughing module that ensures short calculation and processing times. In addition, hyperCAD-S the CAD for CAM system has also been improved.
The hyperMILL MAXX Machining performance package has been expanded to incorporate 5-axis tangent machining of arbitrary faces with conical barrel cutters. "Delivering results with speed, the use of conical barrel cutters enables performance increases of up to 90% compared to conventional production methods," said a company spokesperson. "The special feature of the OPEN MIND development is the application of cutting tools that have radii of up to 1,000 mm. This tool feature allows the tool to conduct greater step-over distances that helps to reduce tool paths whilst improving the theoretical roughness. The result is fast production times with optimum surface quality. In addition to this module, the hyperMILL MAXX Machining package includes solutions for roughing and drilling."
Tool Saving 5-axis Strategies
New strategies for 5-axis machining can speed up production and save tool life and machine service life. "The conical interpolation results with the `fast movement optimized' tool positions on conical way around the pole," said the spokesperson. So simultaneous 5-axis movement is generated with less acceleration of machine axes.
The 5-axis Optimized Rest Roughing creates high-speed cutting (HSC) tool paths for the rest machining that follows a previous roughing. The definition of the tilt angles for the B and C axes is simple. The user can choose whether to automatically create the tilt angle in the 3-D mode within a specified angular range or generate it from the plane normals. All connecting paths between the tilt angles are optimized and fully checked for collisions. This indexed machining strategy offers advantages such as: shorter tools improve stability and performance. In particular, deep cavities and hard-to-reach areas can be processed economically with this cycle.
More Performance for 3-D Machining
OPEN MIND has given hyperMILL 2016.2 numerous extensions for 3-D operations. One new feature is the 3-D plane level machining. Toolpaths for finishing levels can be generated. Three new functions are available for 3-D optimized rest material roughing: the "avoid areas" option can exclude specific areas from processing, the "undercut optimization" feature avoids unnecessary redundant movements in undercut areas when performing multi-axis machining on stock and the "plane level detection" is used when plane level needs to be machined using a different step down, an intermediate step is added automatically.
CAD for CAM
In hyperCAD-S, plane curves or texts can now be created without distorting the geometry angle on a cylindrical surface or rotational faces. The direction, scaling and mirroring can also be modified.
With the function "compare and merge" users can compare various versions of CAD models and select the geometry elements to insert them into an existing document. All not-modified geometries remain in hyperMILL, so only the updated fields have to be reprogrammed.
For more information contact:
OPEN MIND Technologies USA, Inc.
1492 Highland Ave., Unit 3
Needham, MA 02492
888-516-1232 / 339-225-4557
info.americas@openmind-tech.com
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