Reduce Programming Costs
Simple Facts:
When quoting work, most shops add in to the quote between 5-10% for CNC programming costs.
In today's market, jobs are being won or lost by small percentages, some times only a few hundred dollars.
You need to get the most out of all your tools, and all your people. Programmers today are not a cheap commodity. Shops make money when the programmers are inputting their years of experience into the CAM system. Speeds, feeds, depths of cut, what routine to use where, what is the most effective way to machine a part. This knowledge is what makes them worth the money they are getting paid. Having them waiting for their outdated CAM system to generate toolpaths is a waste of their time, and a waste of money. On top of it, most of them don't like just sitting, wasting time, for any reason. They have more important things they could be doing.
PowerMILL address this issue directly. Flatly stated, with PowerMILL you will be nothing short of amazed at the the speed at which it generates toolpaths. Roughing routines that take 20-25 minutes with "competitive" systems are generated in 2 minutes. Finishing routine calculations reduced from 30 minutes to 5. PowerMILL can reduce your programming times as much as 90%. Sounds like salesman's talk doesn't it? Well the proof is in the pudding as they say. In situations where the programmer can use macros this can increase even more! In every day programming efforts, programming reductions of 50-80% are common. It all comes down to PowerMILL's fantastic speed and ease of use.
We also will change not only your programming tool, but how you program. Using PowerMILL's extensive command list, programmers can shave off cycle times by using the most effective toolpaths where they need them and, because they are not constrained by slow routines, they will use the optimum routine where ever they can.
Please follow the links below for more details:
Very fast toolpath calculation
Effects of macros on programming effort
PowerMILL's Interface