The latest version of computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) software created by CAM industry leader DP Technology will be exhibited June 23-25, when ESPRIT® 2010 will be featured at the 21st Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo in Tokyo, Japan.

As the largest Japanese machining industry exhibition and conference focusing on information technology solutions, the 21st Design and Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo is a significant resource for those in search of cutting-edge time-saving solutions and techniques.

Attendees of the 21st Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo are encouraged to visit the ESPRIT booth, where knowledgeable DP representatives will be available to discuss vital upgrades and perform demonstrations of how to best make those upgrades work for them.

ESPRIT 2010 offers dramatic improvements in the support of integrated multi-tasking, mill-turn machine tools. All ESPRIT milling and turning machining capability, from 2-axis turning to 5-axis milling, is available for any type of mill-turn machine tool, including lathes that perform milling, mills that perform turning, Swiss-style machines and other “integrated mill-turn machining centers.”

In the 2010 release, support for these multi-tasking machine tools has been enhanced through increased flexibility in cutting tool configurations and orientations, enabling the support of a wide variety of machines. The newly added support for additional rotary axes, three or more, allows the ESPRIT customer to completely program and easily simulate the most complex and sophisticated machine tools currently available on the market.

For the ESPRIT wire-EDM customer, the 2010 version includes support for EDM machines with rotary axes. This allows EDM programmers to perform wire-EDM cutting in 5- and 6-axis using turn-and-burn (indexing the rotary table), and turn-while-burn full 5-axis simultaneous cutting with a rotary table. This new version also provides EDM programming with an innovative new 4-axis pocketing, no-core cutting, machining cycle.