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| | | From Imagination to Machine with ESPRIT | 
“This job could have not been done in the short time that we did it without a powerful and versatile 5-axis CAM system like ESPRIT."
-- Oscar Losa, technical manager of Modellista Stezzanese
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| | | CAM Software Helps Contract Shop Cut Cycle Time | 
“We are now able to produce code that runs on our multitasking machines without hand editing. This code produces parts in less time because the new software gives us greater control over the capabilities of multitasking machines ..."
-- Matt Wardle, president of JD Machine
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| | | CAM software helps improve sinker EDM electrode programming and cycle time |  The EDM Department, an Illinois-based company that provides EDM tooling and contract manufacturing, was challenged with the difficult task of producing electrodes via sinker EDM.
By adopting ESPRIT and utilizing the ESPRIT KnowledgeBase ™, the company improved sinker EDM electrode programming and cycle time.
“The ESPRIT KnowledgeBase machining capabilities enable us to embed our machining expertise within the software, which substantially reduces programming time,” said Mark Raleigh, president of the EDM Department. |
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| | | Multifunction Machine and Advanced CAM Software Save Time and Money |  Due to the success of its design for a new flight-deck cabin door latching system, the Hartwell Corporation needed to quickly improve its machining processes to meet customer cost requirements.
With the aid of a consultant, Hartwell engineers developed a process using multitasking machines to meet cost targets by reducing cycle time from 25 minutes to five minutes. A critical aspect of the improvement was the development of new CAM programming methods to take full advantage of the multifunction machines.
“ESPRIT CAM software helped us quickly generate programs for 300 parts and optimize them to achieve an even greater cycle time reduction than our target,” said Jon Finn, manufacturing engineering manager for Hartwell.
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| | | Trochoidal Machining Cuts Narrow Slots in Hardened Steel at 12X Normal Rates |  Cutting narrow pockets in hardened steel has long been one of the most difficult machining tasks, and the challenge is even greater when the slots are deep compared to their width, as this increases the difficulty of evacuating the chips.
OKK, a machine tool builder, U.S. Union Tool, a cutting tool manufacturer, and DP Technology, maker of ESPRIT® CAM software, teamed up to solve these problems by taking advantage of the trochoidal machining capabilities of ESPRIT.
DP Technology recently added a special routine for trochoidal milling to its ESPRIT Mold software, a routine that reduces the amount of time required to produce a CNC program for trochoidal machining.
Upon machining a challenging part programmed in ESPRIT, “trochoidal milling demonstrated the ability to substantially improve productivity of slot milling operations,” said Jonathan Hay, vice president of sales and marketing for U.S. Union Tool. “Normal practice when machining a slot is to feed at a rate of about 20 percent of the rate used in normal side milling. Using trochoidal milling, we were able to increase the feed rate to about 80 percent of the normal side milling feed … “
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| | | CAM Software Cuts Programming Time for EDM |  Ron Witherspoon, Inc. (RWI) specializes in the fabrication of high precision parts, primarily using milling, turning, and electrical discharge machining (EDM) operations.
With the ESPRIT® KnowledgeBase™, RWI created a library of complex machining operations.
“ESPRIT is one of the reasons that, despite the fact that we specialize in hard-to-program parts, our programming time is so effectively applied,” said Brian Pagano, research and development EDM department manager. The company began using ESPRIT over a decade ago.
“We originally purchased ESPRIT after reviewing all of the major CAM programming packages,” Pagano said. “What has kept us using ESPRIT is the dedication of its developer, DP Technology, to providing continual technological improvements, many of which have made a major contribution to our programming capability …”
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| | | Ability to Program Complex Geometry Lets Prototype Maker Double Revenues |  Advanced CAM software that can handle complex shapes has allowed prototype manufacturer Morris Technologies, Inc., to double its revenues by handling jobs too time-consuming to program by hand.
“With ESPRIT (from DP Technology), we can write programs for 4-axis wire electrical discharge machining in 10 to 15 minutes,” said Doug Burns, a prototyping machinist at Morris Technologies. “Most programs for the 4-axis lathes take about an hour. This is many times faster than we could do by hand.”
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| | | Imao Corporation Increases Factory Machining Efficiency by Integrating ESPRIT |  Japan’s Imao Corporation develops, manufactures and sells fixtures, providing improved productivity to customers by pairing hardware and software — and uses the same system at its own machining factory to improve its productivity.
ESPRIT was placed at the main position of the software portion of Imao’s system and, by customizing ESPRIT for connectivity with other pieces of software, smooth operation was achieved. As a result of building this system, a test cut process that previously took several hours to half a day was eliminated, and production time was dramatically reduced.
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| | | New B-Axis Contouring for Multitasking Machines |  Owners of multitasking machines can now take full advantage of the rotational B-axis capabilities of these versatile machines with the new B-Axis Contouring cycle introduced in ESPRIT 2008. As a leader in multi-axis machining, DP Technology is at the forefront of fully utilizing the capabilities of the latest machine tool technology.
In late June 2007, a test cut was performed successfully at the Los Angeles office of the Mori Seiki machine tool company. Olivier Thenoz, DP Mill Turn Product Manager, performed the test cut in cooperation with Randy Felten, Manager, Applications, for Mori Seiki. The pair performed a B-axis contouring operation on a Mori Seiki NT3150. |
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| | | New Methods and CAM Software Reduce Programming, Setup and Machining Time |  Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) programmers experienced difficulties using 2D CAM software, such as the inability to verify the program on the computer.
In search of a solution, the company switched to ESPRIT CAM, which provides a realistic view of machining operations. The new software offers knowledge-based machining capabilities that make it possible to automatically apply predetermined optimized machining processes to each feature of the solid model. “The knowledge-base features of the new software have substantially reduced programming time,” said Daniel Parry, Manufacturing Engineering Technician Specialist. “Setup time is reduced because of our ability to verify the program in the software. Finally, the ability to optimize and standardize machining processes has resulted in machining time reductions.”
Pictured is the ESPRIT KnowledgeBase™ interface. |
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