PartMaker Peter Dickin Marketing Manager Delcam plc.

PartMaker

Peter DickinMarketing Manager

Delcam plc

PartMaker

• Introduction to PartMaker• PartMaker companions• PartMaker 2011

• Focuses on precision machining applications

• Specialist multi-axis turning and Swiss-turning solution based on patented technology

• Complete solution for CNC programming – Mill, Turn, WireEDM, Turn-Mill and Swiss

PartMaker Introduction

• PartMaker is based on two Patented Technologies to simplify the programming of multi-axis lathes

• U.S. Patent #6,112,133: Simplifies programming of turning with live tooling

• U.S. Patent #6,741,905: Automates process synchronization

Patented technology

• PartMaker has robust, field proven posts for over 300 multi-axis lathe models, covering most machines built over the past 15 years

• All post-processors are provided with machine specific documentation describing machine and post capability

• All post-processors are fully user customizable

Postprocessors

• FMS allows users to achieve a higher degree of realism during machining simulation

• Uses CAD-generated solid models of machine components

• Uses powerful, yet simple interactive tools to attach components together and describe machine components’ axes of motion.

• Collision checking is applied to all machine components

Full-Machine Simulation

PartMaker developers and sales teams work with all major suppliers

Machine tool partners

• Key Sectors– Medical– Contract

Manufacturers– Aerospace– Telecoms– Automotive

Major customers

Why do you need it?

• Traditional manual programming– Needs skilled, specialist operators– Can produce very efficient programs– Takes many hours of trial and error on the

machine– With long runs of parts, a few seconds saved on

each part compensates for longer set-up time

Why do you need it?• Shorter runs of parts

– Savings in manufacturing cannot compensate for long set-up times

• Shorter lead times– First-off parts must be delivered more quickly

• More complex parts– Difficult, or even impossible, to program manually

• More complex machine tools– It is more efficient to check programs on a cheap computer

than on an expensive machine tool

PartMaker Companions

PartMaker Companions

• PartMaker Companions allow users to access other Delcam technology more easily– PowerSHAPE Companion for PartMaker– PowerMILL Companion for PartMaker

PowerSHAPE Companion

Can be used for• Data repair with Solid

Doctor• Editing designs for

manufacture• Design of machining

accessories, such as tool holders, clamps and machine parts

PowerMILL Companion

• Allows complex five-axis toolpaths from PowerMILL to be used in PartMaker

• PowerMILL tool paths can be manipulated, synchronized, simulated and post-processed through the PartMaker user interface

PartMaker 2011

PartMaker Version 2011Major Highlights

• New method of managing tools• Improved solids based programming by allowing display and

verification of all programmed toolpaths on a solid model• Improved simulation to support of Bar Fed Mills, such as

Willimen, Bumotec, Chiron, Mazak and others• Faster 3D machining simulation• Powerful 3D CAD functionality based on Delcam’s

PowerSHAPE• Added Surface Swarfing Strategy

More powerful milling

• Technology from PowerMILL– Four and five-axis swarf

machining– High-speed machining– Rest machining

Improved Tools Database• Manage Multiple Tools

Databases with ease with PartMaker’s Tools Manager Interface.

• Import and Export tools from spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel

• Easy to follow user interface allows intuitive yet powerful organization of tools

Solids based Programming• Ability to view all of a part’s

programmed profiles and holes on a solid model.

• Easily Locate a Profile/Hole’s Programming Face Window with just a click of the mouse

• Verify all toolpaths programmed in the job directly on the Solid Model for a complete view of the machining process from any face window

Bar-fed mills

• Bar-fed mills have complex architecture

• Combine turning with advanced machining

• New release supports programming and simulation

Specialist turning

• New algorithm automates programming of back-turning tools

Thank you