knobhead,
I may be able to help you.
Speeds and Feeds for us like yourself was a bit of a bug bear. So myself and a team of other engineers collectively allocated time to create a speeds and feeds catalogue for use on our cnc turning machine shop.
It covers many exotic materials such as Inconel...
Can anybody lend a hand?
I am looking to purchase some software that will enable me to input existing cnc lathe programs and output them with a goal to achieve accurate cycle/operation times. I currently have over 10,000 cnc lathe programs (fanuc). In addition i have been given a budget of...
I completely agree with Whiplash, our machine shop is nearly all Mori Seiki. As for them not being from home, a company called Pollards is a distributer in the uk there web site is
www.mtta-importers.org.uk
give it a look before you make your final decision.
Try looking at Powerway's website we have just started to implement Powerway into our machine shop and i have found it to be a very easy to use/user friendly package as well as being a very powerfull tool.
I've been using Licom Alpha CAM for a few years now and it has never let me down or limited me in my machining ambitions. I would recommend Licom for your 5 Axis needs. I've used surfcam and master cam and both of these dont really compare to the ease of use offered within Licom.
