CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
13 October 2008
Events News
OPEN MIND at W8 in Birmingham: hyperMILL®: the Comprehensive CAM Solution for Flexible Production in Future
OPEN MIND Technologies AG will demonstrate its hyperMILL® CAM solution, at W8 2008 in Hall 6 Booth S10: from efficient 2D machining with automatic feature recognition to safe 5axis simultaneous milling – with hyperMILL® flexibly and reliably to produce the widest range of geometries with high quality.
The hyperMILL® CAM software offers on-demand specialist functions for efficient, reliable workflows with high-quality results. At OPEN MIND’s trade fair booth, visitors can see for themselves the high production quality that is possible with hyperMILL®.
hyperMILL® in woodworking industry
OPEN MIND’s intelligent CAM software offers all of the necessary features for time-saving processes for the woodworking industry. From offering all key 2D and 3D machining strategies through to multi-axis indexing and 5axis machining – hyperMILL® offers a comprehensive range of CAM strategies for flexible production, all of which visitors can personally experience at the OPEN MIND booth. Programming with geometry features and saving machining sequences in a database enable largely automated and highly efficient programming for machining.
hyperMILL® Efficient Production
hyperMILL® reduces both the programming and the production effort through the use of intelligent machining strategies that optimise toolpaths and reduce machining times. The intuitive, Windows-based user interface simplifies training, and integrated automated functions significantly reduce programming time.
With OPEN MIND’s 5axis machining solution, these areas can be machined without collisions with comparatively short tool lengths. Depending on the geometry and machine kinematics, with hyperMILL® you can flexibly select between 5axis machining with a fixed tool angle, automatic indexing or simultaneous motion.
Reliable milling
OPEN MIND’s postprocessors, which are tailored to machines, controllers and manufacturing processes, ensure that the CAM programs are processed seamlessly on the machine. Thanks to the workspace monitoring users can specify a machine model and check in advance whether the machining job can be performed within the given workspace or whether limit switches will be traversed. The best-fit function automatically optimises the machining according to the available workspace and so facilitates optimal utilisation of space even when small or limited machines are used.
Continuous processes
At the OPEN MIND’s trade fair booth are the new and expanded functions of hyperCAD® 2008.1, the CAD software based on the think3® kernel. hyperMILL® is also presented as a CAD integration with Pro/ENGINEER® Wild?re™ 4, Autodesk® Inventor™ 2009, SolidWorks® and thinkdesign®. New features in hyperCAD® 2008.1 include convenient layer management, several selection possibilities for contours as well as model quality control, which allows the checking of numerous model parameters. In the new hyperCAD® 2008.1, several features were also optimized, such as the display options in the workplane, display precision (tesselation) for solids and surfaces, cross-section views, memory-intensive hyperMILL® stock models, and the display of solids or surfaces that were created by curve unification.
Additional information is available upon request or from our website at http://www.openmind-tech.com.
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