Delcam’s New PowerMILL 9 Offers Control

By DE Editors

Delcam’s (Birmingham, UK) latest release of PowerMILL CAM, Release 9, will offer a more complete solution for complex machining operations, with more control for experienced machinists. It will also include enhancements to existing functionality to enable both faster programming and faster machining.

Using an offline approach to programming ensures that a fully detailed record is maintained of the whole manufacturing process. It also makes simulation of the complete process easier and more reliable.

PowerMILL 9 provides control by making it easier for experienced users to generate toolpaths based on any 3D curve. This was possible previously using PowerMILL’s pattern machining commands but the new approach makes it easier both to create the required 3D curve and to drive the cutter along it.

PowerMILL 9 reduces calculation times, and simplifies the user interface so that it is easier and faster to select the required command. In addition, toolpath ordering has been made more efficient, especially for roughing and rest machining,  ensuring that the cutter spends more time machining and minimal time making air moves.

Full details on PowerMILL are available from Delcam.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.