What's New in ESPRIT 2013

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What's New in ESPRIT 2013

Providing new and enhanced machining technology that produces
smarter, more efficient toolpath for greater productivity

ProfitMilling, High Speed Machining
5x increased tool-life
75% increased productivity



  • Smart, Efficient Toolpath
    New, patent-pending ProfitMilling strategy for 2, 3, 4 and 5-axis roughing cycles allows customers to remove more material in a shorter amount of time. Using advanced technology, the ProfitMilling strategy optimizes engagement angle, chip load, lateral cutter force and machine acceleration to achieve optimal results.


  • ProfitMilling Advantages

    75% cycle-time reduction*
    500% increase in tool life*
    Decreased programming time
    Reduced energy consumption
    Significant productivity improvements
    Available for 2½, 3, 4, and 5-axis roughing cycles



    *Compared to traditional concentric pocketing

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  • profitmilling.com
    Learn more about High Speed Roughing for 2½-, 3-, 4-, and 5-axis machining at profitmilling.com. Download white paper, view videos, faq's and more.

Cut Grooves Faster and More Efficiently

Cut faster by taking advantages of the latest technology in grooving inserts.

New Engraving

A completely new editable and customizable engraving machining cycle allows the use of “True Type” fonts, single-stroke fonts or features of the part geometry, along with a new V- carving strategy.

Save Time with Collision Detection

New collision-detection strategies have been added to all 3-axis and 5-axis milling operations, which detect collisions while toolpath is being calculated instead of during the simulation process.

New Geometry for Multi-Axis Machining

The machining of engine ports and turbine blades requires precise control of tool motion, and ESPRIT 2013 makes the task easier than ever before with new curves and surfaces to guide the tool.

  • Quickly and Easily Rough 5-Axis Parts
    A new 5-Axis Roughing Cycle has been designed to quickly and easily rough a 5-axis part using the same familiar technology used to rough a 3-axis part, including the new ProfitMilling pattern. The 5-axis roughing cycle automatically adjusts the orientation of any tool shape (end mill, ball mill, bull-nose mill) to keep the tool perpendicular to the underlying surface, thereby eliminating undercuts.

  • New 5-Axis Port Machining
    A new 5-Axis Port Machining Cycle has been dedicated to machining cylindrical apertures and devised to cut as deeply as possible into a port while containing tool swings. This cycle is aided by an automatic recalculation of tool points along a spine curve.

  • Easier-to-Use Channel Roughing
    Improvements have been made to the patent-pending 5-Axis Channel-Roughing Cycle. By directly selecting channel walls without creating complicated features, machining channels between thin blades is faster and easier than ever before. Simply select the walls on either side of the channel, set the incremental depth and go. Another important enhancement is the ability to enter a value to process multi-level incremental cuts.

  • Improved 5-Axis Blade Machining
    Improvements to the 5-Axis Blade Machining Cycle include the ability to optimally machine a single blade from one end to the other. A new hub-blending option eliminates unwanted interruptions in the cut that occur when the tool reaches the end of the blade and comes into contact with the hub surface.



  • Enhanced Impeller Machining
    The Impeller Machining Cycle now includes built-in remachining, which allows for the complete machining of an impeller without concern for tool dimensions. The impeller cycle allows customers to machine as far as possible using the current tool before automatically stopping at the first unreachable level. The system retains the maximum depth increment machined, which is then used to start the next roughing remachining. This flexible method allows multiple remachinings with decreasing tool sizes. The impeller cycle offers additional control over the tool orientation to avoid undesired table swing.


  • Improvements to Wrap Machining
    “Wrap Pocketing” and “Wrap Contouring" now support the machining of non-cylindrical parts. In addition to wrapping a feature on a working diameter, a 3D feature chain may also be selected as an input, no longer necessitating “unwrapping” the feature.