Vero Appoints Sescoi Head
Vero Appoints Sescoi Head

Edgecam Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary
The company was founded as Pathtrace in 1983.

CAM Program Generates Tool Paths
Vero Software’s Machining Strategist V14.0 multi-axis CAM program generates high speed CNC tool paths for both the office and shop floor.

Data Management Tool Integrated with CAM Software
Vero’s Edgecam software features a direct interface with Autodesk Vault 2013, a data management tool for storing files.

Vero Acquires Surfcam
Vero Software (Wixom, Michigan) has acquired Surfcam assets from Surfware Inc. (Camarillo, California). The Surfcam CAD/CAM system is designed for 2D and 3D modeling and features easy-to-use CNC programming for two-, three-, four- and five-axis machining.

Vero Acquires Sescoi International
The acquisition will enable wider distribution of Sescoi products.

Merger Creates Third-Largest CAD/CAM Provider
Vero Software, a provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions for the tooling industry, has merged with Planit Holdings, a developer of CAD/CAM software for the production engineering, sheet metal, metal fabrication and woodworking sectors.

CAM Software Standardizes, Automates Programming
By encapsulating repetitive procedures and best practices into easy-to-execute routines, CAM software has enabled this shop’s employees to stay focused on value-added tasks, facilitated its efforts to automate production, and contributed to improved productivity and profit margins.

Feathering Your Nest
 Many shops are expanding the operations performed for their customers in order to be a more valuable supplier.

Software Update Includes Faster Toolpath Creation Time
Available from Planit, Edgecam’s software update, Edgecam 2011 R1, bundles a range of milling functionalities into one special “composite” feature designed to optimize roughing and reduce tool changes.

Edgecam Supports Growing Regional Customer Base
Edgecam, part of the Planit software group (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) has set up a new office to provide direct service to its growing customer base in the Southeastern United States. “Customers tell us the difference between a good CAM software company and a great one is the ongoing backup support they get,” says Edgecam channel manager Domenic Lanzillotta. “As a result of our continued growth in the region, we realized the time was right to set up this dedicated resource to further assist our customers.”

CAM Software Takes Advantage of Dual-Core Processors
Edgecam 2010 R2 CAM software for solids machining includes performance and memory upgrades to speed up background processing for those using dual-core processors.

Manufacturing Management System
 Planit Software’s manufacturing management system, e2i, offers enhancements to its 2010 R1 release.

CAM Software Increases Productivity
Edgecam 2009 R1 CAM software from Planit is capable of programming milling, turning and turn-mill machines. Software improvements such as associative machining technology are designed to increase the productivity of manufacturing companies. This technology automatically calculates the correct cutting feeds and speeds for a program based on the tooling, part material and machine tool specification.

Improved CAM Software Emphasizes Ease Of Use

Module Helps Reduce Part Setup Time

CAM Software Offers Simulation, Fast Toolpath Generation

Using CAM To Stay Atop Complex Undersea Manifold Jobs
This manufacturer achieved greater programming efficiency for large manifolds used deep underwater.

CAM Software With Enhancements For Multi-Axis Machining

Simulation Saves Cost By Balancing Workflow
Although CAM programming had been automated for many years within the Morton Grove, Illinois, facility of the John Crane Inc. (JCI) Seals Division, the shop here found a way to make the process even more efficient. It found a way to get new, complex, multi-axis turning centers into production quickly, and to maximize the productivity of these CNC machine tools in cellular manufacturing.

CAM Adapts Feed Rates To Wiper Inserts
Like many other businesses today, textile manufacturers compete against imports from countries with low labor costs. To remain economically viable, companies constantly invest in technology. At B&S Machine Tool (Aiken, South Carolina), a shop that specializes in producing complicated replacement parts for textile machinery, modernization begins on the shop floor.

Making A Flexible Machine Tool More Flexible
Multitasking cutting tools can maximize the flexibility of multitasking machines.

CAM Software For Turning With Wiper Inserts
A wiper insert can achieve a smooth finish while turning at a high feed rate, but the insert's complex geometry makes programming accurate tool paths difficult. A CAM company working with a supplier of wiper inserts has addressed this problem.

In-House Productivity Preserves CAM Investment
A manufacturer decided to integrate EdgeCAM, a CAM system from Pathtrace Systems Inc., after its programmers ran into some APT shortcomings.

The Technology Of Lean Machining
This plant makes different choices for its machining cells depending on whether the parts to be machined there are known or unknown.

The Process Before The Program
CAM automation can change the very focus of the programmer’s attention. Reduced programming time is only one of the benefits.

CAM Software Shortens Product Development For Telecom Industry Supplier
Founded in 1972, Aerial Facilities designs and manufactures equipment for the enhancement and interference-free operation of radio communications systems.

Strategy-Based Machining
Whereas some Knowledge-Based Machining systems capture how a part is machined, or (on a higher level) capture the rules that govern how a part is machined, this company's Strategy Manager seeks to capture the logic behind the decisions to machine a part one way or another.

At-The-Machine Programming Helps Company Keep Grip On Pump Factory Overhaul
This pump manufacturer has zeroed in on manufacturing as a primary business strategy. To ensure prosperity, the company is overhauling what it makes and how and where it's made.

The Right Start For A Fine Finish
Developers of CAM software have introduced many programming features for the initial removal of excess stock prior to finishing operations. By preparing the workpiece surface for more effective finishing, these roughing routines often determine how efficiently a CNC machining center can perform.

CAM Software Provides Speed, Flexibility
Few companies see themselves through transformations in their bread and butter operations, especially not when the changes affect virtually everything the company does.

Software Streamlines Mold Production
The design and manufacture of injection mold tooling for plastics connectors can be extremely complicated, with many of the forms, profiles and angles required on these small components being particularly intricate.

A Better Process From Better Posts
If there's room for improvement in any NC program, this shop addresses the problem once and for all by making the correction in the postprocessor.

Software Becomes The Backbone Of CNC Machining
This company is a medium-sized CNC precision engineering job shop with 17 CNC machines installed. The company specializes in tight tolerance batch work for clients in the aerospace, instrumentation, medical and computer peripheral supply sectors.

New CAM Technology Links Knowledge And Solid Modeling
Some CAM developers are beginning to integrate the power of solid modeling with intelligent manufacturing applications that "know" how shops want to machine their parts.

Pushbutton NC Programming
With numerical control (NC), shops learned how to automate the machining process. Now, with today's CAM software, they are learning how to automate the NC programming process.

Mower Manufacturer Finds Staying In First Place Requires First-Class Technology
The Toro Company is a market-driven company with the objective to understand and translate customer requirements into cost effective product solutions. In addition to offering an extensive variety of lawn mowers, the company is in the snow removal market, electric outdoor appliances as well as irrigation equipment.