CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
26 February 2009
Company News
Hankook Delcam to be Biggest and Best for CAM at Intermold
Hankook Delcam is set to be the biggest and best exhibitor of machining and inspection software at the Intermold exhibition to be held in Ilsan, Korea, from 18th to 22nd March. The company will, as it always does at this event, have the largest booth of any CAM supplier, where it will demonstrate the broadest range of machining and inspection software available from any provider.
Hankook Delcam President Chan-Oong Jeong is predicting a successful exhibition for his company. “For this year’s Intermold, we have prepared an extensive set of new presentations and live demonstrations,” he said. “Our booth has always received great feedback in the past and we expect an even greater reaction from our visitors this year. With PowerMILL, FeatureCAM, PartMaker and ArtCAM, we now offer a CAM system to machine virtually any product, in any material on any type of equipment. No other supplier has such a broad range of software to increase productivity, improve quality and shorten delivery times in so many applications.”
The latest release of Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software offers more comprehensive strategies for high-speed milling and five-axis machining, plus the introduction of new strategies to provide greater functionality for 2D machining, including 2D cutter compensation, and 2D pocketing and profiling directly from wireframe curves.
An important area for the new release of FeatureCAM 2009 is increased support for mill-turn equipment. These machines are becoming more popular because of their ability to complete parts in a single set-up on one machine, instead of having to use multiple set-ups on two or more different pieces of equipment. With FeatureCAM, turning features and milling features can be programmed together, so that both programming time and machining time can be reduced. Additional post-processors for these types of machine have also been introduced.
The new versions of PartMaker and SwissCAM feature a wide range of improvements including a new, more productive user interface, enhancements to the system’s synchronization functionality, plus improvements in 3D simulation and handling of solid models, and 3D surface machining. PartMaker also has a Full Machine Simulation module, which allows users to view a photo-realistic 3D model of the machine which they are programming.
ArtCAM 2009 continues with the upgrade path for small businesses that want 2D drawing and basic 3D machining but the possibility to move into 3D modelling and machining as their business needs grow. ArtCAM has been particularly successful in the sign making, woodworking and jewellery industries, where it allows users to increase productivity and deliver new designs more quickly.
The latest version of Delcam’s PowerINSPECT inspection software will be demonstrated on a Cimcore portable co-ordinate measuring machine. The new release includes the ability to use multiple alignments within parts or assemblies, additional GD&T features, more flexible best-fit algorithms, improved CMM connectivity and more versatile report generation.
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