3D printers, desktop CNC mills/routers, and laser cutters have made a massive difference in the level of projects the average hacker can tackle. Of course, these machines would never have seen this ...

Oil-and-gas exploration and processing demands a lot of heavy equipment and precision parts, and for machine shops supplying parts for machines and components, it’s critical to plan the machining ...

SIXDIGMA is a Cincinnati based company that specializes in advanced integration of CAD/CAM and CNC systems to solve complex machining problems. Their team consists of some of the top talents in design ...

Labor shortages, rising production demands, and pressure to increase throughput with limited resources are challenges most machine shops know well. For many small and midsize operations, traditional ...

Over the last decade, automation in machining has focused primarily on accelerating CAM programming and reducing manual ...

SolutionWare Corp. (www.mazacam.com) has released an advanced off-line programming system for Mazak CNCs. MazaCAM CAD/CAM 4.4 outputs G-code for standard CNCs and Mazatrol with Matrix or Fusion Pro ...

Manufacturers are now able to precision machine components much more quickly and efficiently, thanks to a new software solution from CloudNC that automates strategy creation in CAM packages and ...

Most CNC workflows start with a 3D model, which is then passed to CAM software to be converted into the G-code language that CNC machines love and understand. G-code, however, is simple enough that ...