CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
31 March 2008
Financial News
Delcam GmbH to Continue Record Year at METAV
Delcam’s German subsidiary Delcam GmbH will look to continue its record start to the year at the METAV exhibition that will take place in Dusseldorf from 31st March to 4th April. Sales for the first two months of 2008 are more than 70% up on the same period in 2007. 2007 was itself a record year in the country, with more than 50% growth over 2006.
Subsidiary Managing Director, Robert Aulbur, attributes the rapid growth to the expansion of the Delcam range of CAM systems, following the addition of the FeatureCAM and PartMaker software families. "We offer a wider range of CAM systems than any other supplier and so can meet the needs of many more customers,” claimed Mr. Aulbur. "In particular, we now can provide software for production machining as well our traditional market in the toolmaking sector.”
FeatureCAM’s turning functionality has proved to be particularly important in the German market because these options have never been available in Delcam’s PowerMILL program. Recent enhancements in this area include the ability to use a closed or open curve to define the stock during toolpath calculation, for example when machining preforms like castings or parts that have already been rough machined. The stock curve clips the toolpaths to it, so no toolpaths are generated outside this boundary. This results in a dramatic reduction in cutting time and minimal air cutting.
Mill-turn is becoming more important as these multi-function machines become more popular. As well as adding new functionality in this area, FeatureCAM has seen an increased range of post-processors, including support for the Mazak Integrex, Daewoo Puma and Nakamura-Tome machines.
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