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25 March 2008

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VX to Demonstrate Mold Design Automation and Machining at Eurostampi

VX Corporation will be demonstrating a comprehensive mold-making solutions at Eurostampi in Parma, Italy April 3-5, 2008.

The mantra for this year’s show —“Ideas” are at the root of every successful business — will be aptly fulfilled at the VX booth, with demonstrations of mold design automation tools and new machining automation tools optimized for high-quality molds.

In addition to demonstrating productivity tools for generating parting lines on complex surfaces, for automatically healing “dirty” geometry, fixing undercuts, and analyzing and fixing draft angles, VX’s mold automation design tools will be demonstrated. VX mold automation design combines VX’s advanced modeling tools with MoldExpert, a library of smart components for creating intelligent mold assemblies with parametric cooling channels, sliders and ejectors, all of which are accessed through an intuitive interface fashioned specifically for the mold design process. With MoldExpert smart components, users can select components for mold assemblies such as fasteners to a series of plates, and VX automatically calculates the required length, clearances and manufacturing methods.

For machining molds, VX’s new intelligent machining automation will be demonstrated. VX’s QuickMill™ intelligent machining automation captures machining logic into a library that can be instantly applied to another part. With QuickMill, users apply their own intelligence to machining. This is possible because QuickMill takes a unique, whole part approach to machining. Users establish “rules of engagement” to control and contain tool paths. VX QuickMill even automates small changes to individual machining operations; for example, changing a tool size automatically adjusts the XY step over in a roughing operation. This rules-based approach is extremely effective in rest milling operations, where the machinist simply wants VX to remove the material that the previous operation didn’t remove. The automation comes from machinists storing their logic and intelligence in re-usable templates of operations. QuickMill, available for both roughing and advanced finishing operations, provides optimum tool loading, extremely efficient material removal, and high quality finished molds to reduce machine wear and tear, improve machine tool utilization, and reduce polishing time.

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