Delcam appoints three Japanese resellers for integrated CAM for SolidWorks

Delcam has announced the appointment of three Japanese resellers for its integrated CAM system for SolidWorks, Delcam for SolidWorks. The three companies, Tactx, FACT and Infinity Solutions, have all been leading suppliers of CADCAM systems to Japanese industry for several years.

Founded in 1946, Tactx (www.tactx.co.jp) is one of the largest CADCAM resellers in Japan, with more than 100 staff in 10 offices around the country. The company has worked with Delcam for 13 years and has been most successful in selling the PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining. Tactx also distributes Delcam’s FeatureCAM feature-based CAM software and the PartMaker system for the programming of turn-mill equipment and Swiss-type lathes.

FACT (www.fact-cam.co.jp) was established in 1990 and has become the leading dealer for FeatureCAM in Japan. The company has been named International Distributor of the Year for the software on eight occasions. FACT operates from four offices in the main industrial centres in Japan.

Although Infinity Solutions (www.infinitysolutions.co.jp) is a relatively new name, having been formed in 2006, the company’s experienced staff have helped it to grow rapidly. It has become the second-largest dealer for FeatureCAM in Japan and, this year, has added PartMaker. Infinity Solutions has established bases in China and Hong Kong, as part of plans to grow into a global company.

Delcam for SolidWorks combines the benefits associated with Delcam’s PowerMILL and FeatureCAM CAM systems. It is based on Delcam’s proven machining algorithms that are already used by more than 30,000 customers around the world. These strategies ensure increased productivity, maximum tool life and immaculate surface finish, even when cutting the hardest, most challenging materials.

At the same time, Delcam for SolidWorks has the same strong focus on ease of use as FeatureCAM, including all of the knowledge-based automation that makes the software so consistent and reliable. Most importantly, Delcam for SolidWorks includes FeatureCAM’s Automatic Feature Recognition system which automatically extracts detailed feature information from the SolidWorks model. Once the features have been identified, Delcam for SolidWorks undertakes automatic selection of cutting tools, machining strategies, and feeds and speeds, to complete the programming operation.

Delcam for SolidWorks is, of course, fully integrated into the SolidWorks environment so that the program looks and behaves like SolidWorks. It offers full associativity so that any changes in the CAD model are reflected automatically in the toolpaths. However, this associativity is more intelligent than that offered in many other integrated CAM systems. Delcam for SolidWorks does not simply modify the existing toolpaths but also reviews the choice of cutting tools and machining strategies, and changes them if necessary.