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News Release from: EdgeCAM | Subject: Edgecam CNC programming at JL Racing
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 January 2008
CAM speeds race car parts machining
Brazilian stock car racing team has acquired latest CAM for machining suspension, engine, transmission and steering components more quickly.
Brazilian stock car designer and manufacturer JL Racing, has implemented Edgecam for its CNC programming needs In an industry that demands high quality with short lead times, Edgecam is used for the turning and milling of suspension, engine, transmission and steering components for cars competing in Stock Car V8 and Stock Jr championships
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Established in 1990 as ZF Racing, the company is always in search of new technologies to increase safety and performance.
Partnering with Edgecam reseller SKA RenderWorks, the implementation of the system at JL Racing in July was an important milestone for a company that previously programmed its Romi CNC machines manually.
ZF Racing's Gustavo Lehto Gomes from the company's engineering department, said: "Edgecam has introduced a great deal of agility to our production processes".
"It has greatly improved the quality of our products and allowed the machining of more complex components where manual programming would have been impossible".
Since JL Racing started manufacturing for Kart until its involvement today with Nextel Stock Car Cup, Stock Car Light, Stock Car Jr and Formula Renault categories, the company has achieved a number of successes including winning the contract to maintain the V8 engines for Stock Car and Stock Car Light.
"In addition to increasing our capabilities, we feel more secure in the knowledge that with Edgecam we are now using the most advanced software to machine our parts, thereby preserving the quality and integrity of our equipment", said JL Racing products director Jose Giaffone.
* About Edgecam - Edgecam, a market leading computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system for NC part programming, offers a complete solution for milling, turning and mill/turn programming with unparalleled ease of use and sophisticated toolpath generation.
Edgecam is a principal brand of the Planit group recently ranked by CIMdata as the world's fastest growing CAM vendor, with most industrial users. Request a free brochure from EdgeCAM ...
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