Delcam supports broad range of machine tools at Ontario Open House

Delcam’s CAM software will be on show at four locations in Mississagua

Delcam will support four of the leading Machine Tool Distributors in Ontario – Elliott Matsuura, Ferro Technique, SST and EMEC – at their annual Open House event in Mississagua, Ontario, on May 13th and 14th. With over 50 CNC machines on display, this two day Open House event will give visitors a chance to compare the latest and greatest in CNC technology by many of the world’s premier builders; GF Agie Charmilles, Tornos, Makino, Mikron, Okuma, Doosan, Matsuura, Muratec, Metris, Toyoda, Brother, Tsugami, Chiron, roku-roku, Agma, sister and Nakamura-Tome.

With its broad range of CAM software, Delcam will be able to showcase solutions for all of these advanced machine tools. The Delcam family comprises PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining, FeatureCAM for feature-based programming, and PartMaker for Swiss-type lathes and turn-mill equipment. This broad coverage is one of the reasons why Delcam is consistently ranked as the world’s leading specialist supplier of NC software and services by US analysts CIMdata.

It is also an important factor for machine tool companies looking for a CAM partner, according to Mark Cadogan, Delcam’s Vice President for Sales in Canada. "These companies know that Delcam can provide CAM software to cut any part in any material on virtually any CNC machine,” he claimed. "It is much easier for them to deal with a single supplier like Delcam, rather than having to use different CAM partners across their ranges of equipment.”

"They also know that Delcam has the largest CAM development team in the industry,” he added. "This means that we can develop extra functionality for any new machines faster than other suppliers.”

"Another benefit of working with Delcam is the extensive support that is provided to both customers and machine tool suppliers,” he said. "Furthermore, we have the financial resources to ensure that this high level of support can be maintained during the current downturn.”

The strength of Delcam’s development team will be demonstrated during the Open House in the latest versions of the company’s CAM range. The new release of PowerMILL offers a more complete solution for complex machining operations, together with more control for experienced machinists that know exactly how they wish to machine a particular part. The program also includes a range of enhancements to existing functionality to enable both faster programming and faster machining.

FeatureCAM 2009 also incorporates enhancements across its complete range of functionality. An important focus has been increased options for more complex machines, such as mill-turn equipment, and four- and five-axis mills. This will allow users to tackle more sophisticated parts than could be programmed before. Developments have also continued increase the efficiency of the more fundamental machining operations, including turning and three-axis milling.

Major highlights of the new release of PartMaker include a revamped and more productive user-interface, improved capabilities for programming directly on solid models and more realistic machine simulation for the increasingly-complex machine architectures of today’s multi-axis turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes. The enhanced user interface will make PartMaker users even more productive in programming their CNC equipment, while offering new users an even easier to learn, more capable CNC programming platform.