Adopting NCG CAM on the Shop-floor Reduces Machining Lead Times by up to 95% for Dynamic Die & Steel (Sheffield) Ltd

Established since 1970, Dynamic Die & Steel (Sheffield) Ltd, Sheffield, UK, provide a complete sub-contract solution, specialising in medium to heavy machining of large forge tooling for a variety of industries including aerospace, mining and transportation.

Dynamic Die & Steel (Sheffield) Ltd were looking for a shop-floor CAM system suitable for their high speed machining centres, that would address the rapid turn around required when producing very large forging die tools. After evaluating various CAM software packages, they chose to purchase NCG CAM.


Since installing NCG CAM, Dynamic Die & Steel have seen the following benefits:

- Machining lead times have been significantly reduced from 8 weeks down to just 2 days
- Operators can make modifications straight away, by using the software on the shop-floor, saving time
- The amount of benching has been minimised, as the smooth cutter paths produced by NCG CAM give excellent surface finish
- Training of additional staff is no longer an issue, as NCG CAM is so easy to use


‘NCG CAM is a very powerful 3D programming system. The speed with which we create the very large cutter paths required in the production of 2 metre die impressions is incredible and has enabled us to operate lights out machining on our high speed machine tools.’

‘Most of all, our customers have been astounded by how quickly we can turn round a suite of tools, which allows us to keep our pricing very competitive.’ says Andy Farmer, Managing Director, Dynamic Die & Steel (Sheffield) Ltd.