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News Release from: CGTech | Subject: Vericut 5.3 milling verification software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2003
NC program prove-outs and optimisation
speed upped
A faster algorithm in a new milling verification technology gives users a much faster tool for verifying and optimising NC programs and shorten NC program prove-out.
CGTech will shortly release Vericut 5.3 featuring brand new milling verification technology that is much faster than the current version but retains the same accuracy The faster algorithm gives users a much faster tool for verifying and optimising NC programs
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Simulating and verifying mill-turn machining
VERICUT Version 5.1 adds the ability to simulate and verify mill-turn machining and simultaneously displays the entire machine tool and cut stock.
Software eliminates manual NC program proving out
Using NC verification and optimisation software eliminates the process of manually proving-out NC programs. It reduces scrap loss and rework and protects against damaging crashes.
It enables users to shorten NC program prove-out and optimisation time, so they can produce more efficient programs faster and therefore increase NC productivity.
Vericut is NC verification/optimisation software that enables users to eliminate the process of manually proving-out NC programs.
It reduces scrap loss and rework.
Further reading
Mould and die simulation checks for NC mistakes
A new mould and die simulation package is featured in a range of NC verification and optimisation software that detects mistakes in NC programs and improves CNC program efficiency.
Zoom, pan, and rotate the machine and workpiece
Using the SpaceBall or SpaceMouse feels like the machine or part model is in your hand.
You can zoom, pan, and rotate the CNC machine and workpiece models quickly.
The program also optimises NC programs in order to produce the most efficient tool paths possible that both save time and produce higher quality surface finish.
Vericut supports G-codes or native CAM output to simulate milling, drilling, turning, wire EDM, and mill/turn machining operations.
Hardware graphics acceleration - an additional performance boost is available as Vericut 5.3 Machine Simulation can optionally make use of hardware graphics accelerators, including OpenGL, for faster and smoother simulation, rotation, panning, and zooming.
CNC Machine Probing - Vericut 5.3 includes support for in-process stock inspection and automatic stock/fixture locating.
The new "CNC Machine Probing" module of the software can be used to detect when any machine model contacts another, such as moving a stock until it contacts a bar stop, or moving steady-rest rollers until they contact the stock.
The probing tool supports using holder components for detecting collisions.
CNC Machine Probing also creates probing operations.
It suggests points on the cut stock to probe, creates or modifies the probe locations, and selects the type of probe motion via pre-defined sub-programs.
It then outputs a new NC program containing the probe actions.
Output probe information is stored in the results file.
Optimisation Learn Mode - Vericut's NC program optimisation module, OptiPath, features a "Learn Mode" for automatically optimising feed rates with no setup required.
Learn Mode can be turned on and off at any time during cutting.
To get full optimisation information for each tool, the user runs the entire job with Learn Mode on.
Turning Learn on/off during cutting is used to analyse cutting conditions for certain groups of cuts.
When Learn Mode is turned on, OptiPath scans the tool path file and finds the maximum volume removal rate and chip thickness for each tool, and uses these values to determine a combination of "Chip Thickness" and "Volume Removal" settings for each tool.
SpaceBall and SpaceMouse - Vericut 5.3 supports 3Dconnexion 6 axis input devices (SpaceBall and SpaceMouse) for Windows.
Vericut runs under Windows and UNIX.
CGTech is the recognised world leader in NC verification/optimisation software technology for manufacturing.
The California-based company has subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, France, and Japan, and resellers throughout the world. Request a free brochure from CGTech ...
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