We have a CNC to support in house R&D
We "want" to make 2-3 iterations of a part in a day.
We "want" to be able to make part A version 1, switch to Part B, finish B, and then immediately make Part A version 2, then make Part C or perhaps another Part B version iteration.
We design in solidworks
Our parts are prizmatic and optical, cross bore alignment to perpendicualr faces is critical.
We have a VF1 and Mastercam (used by extracting curves and machining profiles and pockets)
I'd like to move to a 3+2 high speed VMC - fast spindle (aluminium with small tools) (nails the cross bore issues)
I'd like to have at least 40 tools maybe as many as 90-120 (see next point)
The object is to have all the tools loaded and to use model aware - FBM to program.
we don't care if the part takes 20% extra time to run
We plan to load all the tools we could possibly need, and have those in the FBM library - so it will just "go"
thoughts?
I've used featurecam in the past and it worked fairly well in this environment
we have MC in house but the in house machinst doesnt "push it" - apparently it has FBM
thank you!!
I'd appreciate hearing from people who have owned the software and used it for a while rather than anecdotal watercooler talk
but then again.. don't we all???
We "want" to make 2-3 iterations of a part in a day.
We "want" to be able to make part A version 1, switch to Part B, finish B, and then immediately make Part A version 2, then make Part C or perhaps another Part B version iteration.
We design in solidworks
Our parts are prizmatic and optical, cross bore alignment to perpendicualr faces is critical.
We have a VF1 and Mastercam (used by extracting curves and machining profiles and pockets)
I'd like to move to a 3+2 high speed VMC - fast spindle (aluminium with small tools) (nails the cross bore issues)
I'd like to have at least 40 tools maybe as many as 90-120 (see next point)
The object is to have all the tools loaded and to use model aware - FBM to program.
we don't care if the part takes 20% extra time to run
We plan to load all the tools we could possibly need, and have those in the FBM library - so it will just "go"
thoughts?
I've used featurecam in the past and it worked fairly well in this environment
we have MC in house but the in house machinst doesnt "push it" - apparently it has FBM
thank you!!
I'd appreciate hearing from people who have owned the software and used it for a while rather than anecdotal watercooler talk
but then again.. don't we all???