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News Release from: Pathtrace Engineering Systems | Subject: EdgeCAM
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 July 2000
Off-line programming cuts transformer
lead time
The combination of Reading based Pathtrace's EdgeCAM off-line programming system with Autodesk's Mechanical Desktop has reduced lead times at EFACEC in Portugal
The combination of Reading based Pathtrace's EdgeCAM off-line programming system with Autodesk's Mechanical Desktop has proved to be a potent force in the reduction of lead times at EFACEC, Portugal's leading manufacturer of electrical machines and equipment EFACEC - Energia, Maquinas E Equipamentos E Equipamentos Electicos - is one of Portugal's largest manufacturing companies and has a well-established, world-wide network for distributing transformers, medium and high voltage equipment, and mobile substations
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 30 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company maintains: "It is the most comprehensive solids machining product available today." Full associativity between the solid model and toolpaths provides the capability to program complex families of parts without the need for extensive reprogramming which is very important since different electrical insulation requirements necessitate design changes and new moulds to be machined.
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