Edgecam Overview
The only CAM system you’ll ever need for solids based manufacturing
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Edgecam is a market leading computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system for NC part programming. With unparalleled ease of use and sophisticated toolpath generation, it’s the only CAM system you’ll need for milling, turning and mill-turn machining.
Edgecam Solid Machinist reads native data from all major CAD systems, avoiding data translation problems or potential issues with 3rd party interfaces. State-of-theart solids-based machining includes automatic feature recognition and full model-to-toolpath associativity.
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Every industry has its own unique challenges when it comes to delivering high quality parts. Edgecam’s wealth of manufacturing sector experience enables customers to address continually changing market requirements including those driven by legislation or increased demands in technology and safety, for example. Edgecam’s extensive customer base covers users in markets as diverse as:
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Oil & gas
- General engineering
- Mold and die
- Medical
- Motor sport
- Marine
- Sub-contract
In highly competitive markets, automation is the key to reducing programming time, maximising efficiency and ensuring consistent use of your company’s best practice manufacturing methods. Edgecam utilises your in house knowledge and experience to drive the CAM process with automation tools to suit different applications - allowing you to maintain your competitive edge.
Benefits include:
- Improved productivity and profitability through reduced material use
- Shortened design to manufacturing time
- Modular, flexible and scalable solutions
- Reliable installation, training and support
- Easy access to new markets such as sheet metal
Edgecam Products
Edgecam Milling : Edgecam provides the production machine shop with a wide range of flexible milling cycles. Machining efficiency is maximized on simple and complex prismatic parts as well as those incorporating sculptured surface geometry. With Edgecam you get prismatic machining combined with powerful 3D solid and surface machining strategies, all in one complete solution.
Edgecam Turning : Edgecam Turning provides functionality for a wide range of machine tools, including 2-axis lathes, multi-turret configurations, sub-spindle turning centers and mill/turn machines. On a mill/turn machine, C-, Y- and B-axis milling and drilling take place within the same program as the turning to provide a fully integrated and associative programming solution.
Edgecam Strategy Manager : Edgecam Strategy Manager is an interactive, graphical tool used to define and capture the way in which parts are cut. Edgecam Strategy Manager allows the user to capture best practice manufacturing methods and apply them to subsequent jobs, dramatically reducing programming time.
Edgecam Part Modeler : Edgecam Part Modeler is a 3D modelling tool specifically designed for quick and simple construction and/or modification of solid models. Cost effective and easy to use, Part Modeler comes complete with fully associative drafting capability. It’s the perfect complement to Edgecam Solid Machinist – providing advanced modelling tools to create parts or workholding systems such as chuck jaws or fixtures. The major features of a machine tool can also be modelled, for accurate cutting simulation and collision detection within Edgecam.
Edgecam Production : Edgecam is an industry leading solution for all your production machining needs. Applications include prismatic and 3D milling, complex multi-axis turning, mill/turn, rotary and multi-plane milling and family of parts machining. Innovative solutions for a more productive and profitable machine shop are supplied. These include excellent toolpath simulation, a unique wizard approach to post processing, a comprehensive tooling database, intuitive and flexible machine tool communications and a web-enabled job management system.
Edgecam Mill/Turn : Edgecam includes an easy-to-use multi-axis turning module for programming sub-spindle lathes. As with multi-turret machine configurations, cycle time and the ability to turn a part completely in one operation are of paramount importance when working with sub-spindle lathes. |
Edgecam Solid Machinist : Within Edgecam, the integrity of your design is maintained because the solid model is impor ted without translation. Edgecam Solid Machinist uses automatic feature recognition to interrogate the solid model and quickly identify machineable features. Edgecam then offers the user the most appropriate tooling and machining strategy to generate accurate toolpaths.
Edgecam 5 Axis : Edgecam 4 and 5-Axis machining products are designed to meet the demanding machining requirements of industries such as aerospace, automotive, medical and oil & gas. Edgecam seamlessly integrates 4 and 5-Axis simultaneous machining within its milling and mill/turn environment to allow a range of multi-axis cutting strategies to be applied to the most complex tooling or components. The system’s graphical user interface and intuitive commands enable it to be programmed quickly and accurately.
Edgecam 4 Axis : Edgecam’s 4-Axis strategies are ideal for the rotary machining of automotive and aerospace components such as camshafts, crankshafts and blades, as well as the production of rotary dies and tooling for the oil & gas industry. A range of advanced options provides full control over the toolpath.
Edgecam DNC : Edgecam DNC utilizes Ethernet networking technology to provide direct connection of all types of machine tools to standard networks via network cable or WLAN. Program loading and saving is done from the machine tool control keyboard without the need for individual machine specific terminals.
Edgecam Probing : Edgecam Probing is an intuitive yet powerful tool for automatically generating and simulating spindle probing tool paths direct from geometry within Edgecam in order to update work piece location offsets.
Edgecam Mold & Die : Edgecam provides a complete Mold and Die solution for generating high quality toolpaths that meet the demands of manufacturers of complex parts and free form shapes. Mold and die makers, patternmakers, prototypers and press tool makers alike will all benefit from Edgecam’s breadth of advanced machining capability. |
