OPEN MIND Technologies AG will present at Booth 4050 at Tire Technology Expo 2015 in Cologne, Germany, from 10 to 12 February 2015. The tire module of the hyperMILL® CAM suite offers a range of special functions for the NC programming of tire moulds. At its heart is the Tire Clock, where the tire’s design is defined with all segments, tracks, pitch sequences and pitches.
Automated functions support creating and managing the elements and geometries required for programming. The user can display the suitable geometry for each operation in order to avoid errors. This means that each pitch only has to be programmed once. The new Multiple Track Support function allows a separate pitch sequence to be defined for each track.
From the geometry to the segment tool
The hyperMILL® tire module provides optimal support when it comes to defining tire geometries and converting them as segment tools. It is possible to automatically generate segment surface geometries with trimmed splits. Automatic segment program generation handles trimming, sorting and linking tool paths – including collision monitoring – for process reliability. Unnecessary movements can be eliminated by trimming the toolpaths at the segment limits. hyperMILL® offers a range of specific 5axis strategies to machine curved surfaces with a consistent offset in a quick and simple manner.
Volumetric deformation with hyperCAD®-S
hyperCAD®-S, the optimal CAD solution for the hyperMILL® CAM system, also contains interesting functions for processing CAD models. In hyperCAD®-S, the user has the option to deform all geometries in accordance with requirements using the ‘Deformation’ module. Selected elements such as faces, curves, points, point clouds and meshes can be converted into the desired target geometry using volumetric deformation.
