CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
13 April 2005
Implementation Investments
Georgia Institute of Technology Receives 70 Seats of GibbsCAM
Gibbs and Associates , developer of GibbsCAM®, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software for programming computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools, announced that they have granted 70 seats of GibbsCAM software to Georgia Institute of Technology. The software, which supports 3D milling, turning, mill/turn, 4th/5th-axis positioning, and multiple CAD exchange formats has a retail value of over $655,000. The software will be installed and used in Georgia Tech's Precision Machining Research Consortium in the Manufacturing Research Center.
"We are extremely pleased to have established a close working relationship with Georgia Tech," states David Shaw, president of 3DATUM CNC Solutions, the local GibbsCAM Reseller who facilitated the arrangement and who will be directly supporting Georgia Tech. "Georgia Tech's educational program is recognized worldwide and produces 2-3% of the Mechanical Engineers which graduate each year in the US."
"American companies are not reaping the benefits of research being done in the US," comments Dr. Shreyes Melkote, the Director of the Precision Machining Research Center. "Willingness to partner with universities will help industry bring next generation technology to market."
In addition to being used as a framework in which to implement next generation technologies developed through PMRC's research programs, GibbsCAM will also be used in Georgia Tech's Manufacturing curriculum. Through these programs over 350 students will be exposed to GibbsCAM each year. In reality though, the number of students benefiting will be even greater since campus activities like the Motorsports Club will also have access to GibbsCAM.
"In a time when domestic manufacturing is under intense competition internationally," notes Bill Gibbs president of Gibbs and Associates, "it is extremely important that we invest in the future of manufacturing as well as our competitiveness today. This arrangement with Georgia Tech not only supports growing the base of manufacturing professionals, but it will also allow Gibbs to leverage the advanced manufacturing expertise of Georgia Tech's research teams today."
Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta, where more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education.
The Precision Machining Research Consortium (PMRC) at Georgia Tech targets issues in fundamental engineering technology development and implementation methodologies for the enhancement of productivity, part specification conformance, machine tool utilization, and environmental compatibility of material removal and finishing processes. The Consortium performs analytical, numerical, and experimental studies addressing topics related to modeling, planning, optimization, monitoring, control, and metrology of precision machining processes and machine tools. The Consortium facilitates rapid and comprehensive transfer of technology through extensive interactions with a wide variety of industrial manufacturing facilities.
The PMRC's objectives target three key areas and their related issues:
• Establishing an intimate university-industry research link,
• Formulating multi-industry partnerships addressing technical needs in machining and related technologies, and
• Educating students and researchers in specialized high technology areas.
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