CAM system now offers virtual machining capability

Open Mind Technologies (www.openmind-tech.com) (Hall 25, Stand A08), which has a UK subsidiary in Bicester, will be showing its NC code-based HyperMill Virtual Machining Centre machine simulation for the first time at this year’s EMO. In addition, live machining demonstrations using the strategies provided by the HyperMill Maxx Machining performance package will be performed; the company will also be offering a first glimpse of its upcoming HyperMill 2018.1.

With HyperMill Virtual Machining Centre, Open Mind has developed a solution that uses the NC code after the post-processor run as the basis for simulations, thereby ensuring that the virtual machine movements correspond exactly to the motion of the real machine.

Meanwhile, Open Mind says its HyperMill Maxx Machining performance package can help manufacturers achieve time savings of up to 90% during finishing and 75% during roughing. Visitors to the show will be able to see live machining demonstrations and experience the potential for savings, especially with the five-axis tangent-plane machining strategy.

In HyperMill 2018.1, 2-D contour milling based on the 3-D model strategy makes it much easier to program vertical surfaces. The milling contour is generated automatically by selecting the perpendicular surfaces of the workpiece model. This software also offers users of Autodesk Inventor new functions for five-axis swarf cutting with one curve.