Swiss-Style Machining of Extremely Small, Precise Parts
Mastercam Swiss Expert from CNC Software controls a variety of Swiss-style NC machines and is ideal for watch-making, medical devices, dental, automotive, and electronics applications requiring extremely small, but very precise parts.
Posted: April 4, 2013
- Save tools and cutting strategies into libraries for future use on similar or families of parts.
- View your operations and add synchronization points graphically using the Sync Manager. Mastercam Swiss Expert understands your machining modes, and will prevent adding sync points that the machine cannot execute.
Synchronization Made Easy
All of the tools are necessary to graphically optimize part cycle times and avoid collisions. With the Sync Manager, you can:
- Use an unlimited number of channels.
- Drag, drop, and sync operations to one another.
- Sync operations by tool group or by channel.
- View all machining parameters and modify them on the fly if necessary.
- Expand and contract the timeline for trouble-free viewing of the part process.
- Use colors to help identify which toolpaths belong to which tool group or channel.
- Quickly view the time each operation takes to complete.
Simulation
Fully and safely simulate your project on a virtual machine before it reaches your shop floor. Mastercam Swiss Expert’s simulation provides:
- Full simulation of every moving component of your machine, including material, main and sub spindles, all tool holders, and part handling devices.
- Automatic collision detection. Catch collisions in a virtual environment before damaging expensive equipment.
- Accurate machine models allow you to be confident in the representation of machining processes.
- Automatically jump to any point in the simulation by selecting a location on the Gantt chart.
- Simultaneously view NC code for all channels while simulating your part.
Developed by CNC Software, Mastercam is Windows®-based CAD/CAM software for 2- through 5-axis routing, milling and turning, 2- and 4-axis wire EDM, 2D and 3D design, surface and solid modeling, artistic relief cutting, and Swiss machining.
Founded in 1984, privately-owned CNC Software has more than 165,000 Mastercam CAD/CAM installations in 75 countries, in industries including mold-making, prototyping, automotive, medical, aerospace, and consumer products. Mastercam runs under Windows 7, Windows Vista®, and Windows XP, and is compatible with all other CAD/CAM systems. www.mastercam.com, swissexpert@mastercam.com
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