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CAM Software 2010 Release
Esprit 2010 offers significant improvements in the support of integrated multi-tasking, mill-turn machine tools. All Esprit milling and turning machining capability, from 2-axis turning to 5-axis milling, are available for any type of mill-turn machine tool including lathes that perform milling, mills that perform turning, Swiss-style machines, and other integrated mill-turn machining centers. In the 2010 release, support for these multi-tasking machine tools has been enhanced through increased flexibility in cutting tool configurations and orientations, enabling the support of a wide variety of machines.  The newly added support for additional rotary axes, three or more, allows the Esprit customer to completely program and easily simulate the most complex and sophisticated machine tools currently available on the market.

For the Esprit wire-EDM customer, the 2010 version includes support for EDM machines with rotary axes, allowing EDM programmers to perform wire-EDM cutting in 5- and 6-axis using turn-and-burn, and turn-while-burn full 5-axis simultaneous cutting with a rotary table. This version also provides EDM programming with an innovative new 4-axis pocketing, no-core cutting, machining cycle.

EASTEC BOOTH #5359
DP Technology
Camarilo, CA
dptechnology.com

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Volumetric Error Compensation System
MAG’s volumetric error compensation (VEC) system is capable of analyzing and correcting positioning errors in all machine-tool axes, simultaneously. The MAG VEC methodology reduces the time to determine needed error compensations from days to hours, and integrates both linear and rotary axes into the tool point compensation. Multi-axis VEC collectively treats all of a machine’s degrees of freedom that affect tool point positioning, unlike conventional calibration methods that sequentially examine machine motion one axis at time. MAG’s multi-axis VEC system compensates for unique and more complex multi-axis configurations as well.

EASTEC BOOTH # 1253
MAG Americas
Sterling Hts., MI
mag-ias.com

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Surface Protection

SpeedMask 730-BT is a masking resin formulated to provide surface protection during chemical milling/etching, plating, anodizing, and aggressive grit-blasting operations. It aids in the manufacturing, overhaul, repair, and rework of turbine engine blades, vanes, and other turbine components and more. The 730-BT is impervious to most acid and alkali solutions. SpeedMask 730-BT is a fast, light-curable, solvent-free, organic resin designed for spray, dip, or brush masking of components.

DYMAX
Torrington, CT
dymax.com