MATERIALISE ADDS CAM TO ITS AUTOMATED TOOL DESIGN SOLUTION, BOOSTING TOOLMAKERS' PRODUCTIVITY

Main Menu | News By Date | News By Supplier | News By Category | About Us

MATERIALISE ADDS CAM TO ITS AUTOMATED TOOL DESIGN SOLUTION, BOOSTING TOOLMAKERS' PRODUCTIVITY
19 June 2003 - Materialise NV

Materialise announces the release of its latest innovation in software for the tooling industry. The Magics Tooling range of products has been completed with integrated CAM software, 'Magics Mill'. Magics Mill is powerful 3D CAM software that generates optimum roughing and finishing CNC tool cutter paths for even the most complex shapes.

Optimised for High Speed Milling this software generates efficient tool cutter paths, maintaining cutter contact and machining pressures. With the addition of CAM software to its tooling software product line, Materialise now offers dedicated applications for each step in the tooling design and manufacturing process.

Magics Mill¹ is the latest addition to the range of integrated CAD/CAM solutions that Magics Tooling offers to toolmakers. With design automation being the key to Magics Tooling, the software enables fast tool manufacturing by delivering high quality tool design in the shortest lead-times.

Magics Mill now offers the automation of post-processing. Macros allow for automated post-processing of several tool components in just a few mouse clicks. In keeping with the Magics philosophy, along with automation the user has the option to manually post-processing and edit if desired.

The Magics Tooling product line provides a comprehensive solution to the tool design and manufacturing process. From part analysis and tool quotation; through the design of parting planes, cores, cavities, inserts and electrodes, to the generation of the final tool cutter path.

Working with a standardized data model throughout the whole process significantly reduces training time and boosts productivity.

The Magics Mill software has been developed to optimise CNC machine cutter paths, reducing overall machining times, whilst improving cutter life and surface finish. Reducing lead times and costs from production cycles is an important fact of life in the mould, tool and die business. With Magics Mill toolmakers can achieve this as the software is proven to generate fast and efficient tool cutter paths.

Philip Kilburn, manager of RapidParts: 'Since we started using Magics Mill in our tool shop, our productivity has been significantly boosted when compared to previously used CAM programs. Magics Mill is easy to use offering a complete range of machining strategies and built-in manufacturing experience. We save not only time, but also costs as tool life and machine tool motion have been improved. We are now capable of taking full advantage of the benefits offered by both HSM and conventional CNC machining.'

http://www.materialise.com

About: Materialise NV
Begun as a joint venture with the University of Leuven-Belgium, Materialise was one of the first European rapid prototyping service bureaus. It has since grown into a European supplier of plastic prototype solutions, and today is a worldwide leader in the rapid prototyping industry. Materialise offers a broad range of rapid prototyping, tooling and digital CAD software. In addition, Materialise prototypes and software have established a reputation in medicine and dentistry, with clinicians the world over using them in the most complex surgical cases. Its design products division concentrates on the development of rapid manufacturing. The company is privately owned with several subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the USA, and employs over 300 people in its 4 divisions.

* Materialise Industrial Services to "materialise" technical prototypes and small series through the most advanced prototyping and tooling techniques.
* Materialise Software to develop the technical software applications that allow a more efficient use of the rapid prototyping techniques.
* Materialise Medical to create medical models using these prototyping techniques and to develop medical software packages that are used by clinicians worldwide to assist them in the most complex cases of surgery.
* Materialise.MGX to manufacture design products for the end-user market. MGX is the youngest division and it draws on the knowledge and expertise of the prototyping division.

More News:
  • For June 2003
  • From Materialise NV
  • For General