Several years ago, I hiked into the Grand Canyon. I spent a couple of months training my body for the trip. I loaded up my backpack with 45 lbs. (about 20 kg) of material, and hiked 3-5 m…
If you really want to scare an NC programmer, just show them a deep, narrow cavity on your latest design, and then comment that you must have a mirror-like surface finish at the bottom. …
In NX CAM we refer to a specific set of machining instructions as an operation. For example, finish-milling a planar face would be one operation. To spotdrill, drill, and bore a hole requ…
In this post, I will explain the latest tool path innovations for removing large quantities of material.I mentioned in Part 2 that Offset tool paths have problems when the offsets meet at shar…
In Part 1, I covered Zig and Zig-Zag tool paths.In Part 2, I take a look at Offset tool paths. To achieve complete cutting in odd-shaped areas, Offset tool paths were developed. …
The primary purpose of modern Computer Aided Machining (CAM) programs is to create efficient tool paths for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining. Since machining is a subtractive process, …
How did tool paths get this complicated? This article traces the roots of tool paths evolution.
The primary purpose of modern Computer Aided Machining (CAM) programs is to create eff…
