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MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE

OPTIMIZING PROCESSES
THROUGH SIMULATION

Simulation ensures programs are error free and all operations work together as
intended, but optimization ensures the whole process is operating as efficiently
as possible to save time and money. Here's knowing how has VERICUT CNC
simulation and verification software from CGTech helps to achieve that…

Source: CGTech

A s machining gets more Every level of the manufacturing lurking in NC programs and
complex and customers process that a job goes through warning of unexpected machine
expect more for less, requires careful planning and behavior, even those occurring
communication and the aim between multiple set-ups. It
there is room for improvement in of manufacturing is to make it lets programmers resolve these
through each step as quickly and issues before they reach the
any manufacturing process. efficiently as possible, with the shopfloor, crash the machine and
least cost incurred. In a typical waste valuable machine time.
These improvements, which are manufacturing workflow, VERI- With VERICUT, the shopfloor
CUT resides between CAM pro- can be confident that programs
not just about reducing costs, gramming and machine set-up. will run correctly. Verification
will show if there are any er-
might include reduced NC pro- Manufacturing workflow rors or any areas that cannot be
with VERICUT reached by the machine or the
gram runtimes, increased CAM programmers know that tools due to fixturing interfer-
modern machines move so fast ence. Machinists do not have to
throughput, making parts cheap- it is pretty much impossible to worry about crashes, and they
stop them before a crash occurs. do not have to waste time prov-
er or getting a product from start VERICUT CNC simulation and ing out because it’s already been
verification software does a su- done between the VERICUT
to finish and out to market faster. perior job at finding problems and programming stages.

There are some significant warn-

ing signs that will indicate when

process optimization is clearly a

must in a manufacturing busi-

ness – missing delivery dates?

Losing out on bids or not as com-

petitive as rivals? Lost contracts

and unsatisfied customers? Or

Source: CGTech declining profits?

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