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7 April 2008

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VX to Demonstrate Mold Design Automation at Moldmaking Expo 2008

VX Corporation, specializing in CAD/CAM for plastic products and molds, will be demonstrating one of the industry’s most comprehensive mold-making solutions at Moldmaking Expo in Novi, Michigan, April 23 -24, 2008.

The MoldMaking Expo is focused entirely on one thing this year - providing the moldmaking industry with the tools needed to move forward and improve in 2008. Attendees will find that VX CAD/CAM has met this challenge head on when they stop by the VX CAD/CAM booth and see demonstrations of mold design automation tools and new machining automation tools optimized for high-quality molds. In addition to demonstrating tools for generating parting lines on complex surfaces, for repairing and working with any imported geometry, for fixing undercuts, and for analyzing and fixing draft angles, VX’s mold automation design tools will be demonstrated. VX mold automation design combines VX’s advanced modeling 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 Machining Automation will be demonstrated. VX CAD/CAM’s QuickMill™ intelligent machining automation captures machining logic into a template that can be instantly applied to another part. With QuickMill™, users apply their own intelligence to machining. This is possible because Quickmill™ takes a whole part approach to machining. The user establishes “rules of engagement” to control and contain tool path. 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 did not remove. The automation comes from the machinist storing his logic and intelligence in a reusable library 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.

“The Moldmaking Expo offers us a venue to communicate directly with mold-makers the benefits that VX mold design automation and QuickMill machining automation brings to their operations," said Bob Fischer, VX VP of Sales and Marketing. “Once they see a demonstration, they immediately see how VX CAD/CAM can benefit their bottom-line with increased productivity and higher quality molds.”

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