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Source: CGTech
Having access to the free VERI- companies work really hard and NC program, such as erratic chip VERICUT CNC
CUT reviewer at the machine tool diligently optimizing programs thickness, chip thinning and inef- simulation
to check the simulation against but there are opportunities and ficient CAM paths that can all be and
reality at any time is a huge ben- savings to be had for all machine resolved by optimizing feedrates. verification
efit to both the shopfloor and pro- shops. This is where Force and The charts also show areas of software
grammers as it avoids the ‘what Force analysis charts come in. concern, for instance where the does a
happens next’ disturbances during force exceeds what the tool is ca- superior job
one off or first off production. Force analysis and charts pable of, such as excessive cutting at finding
There is also a positive ripple VERICUT Force recalculates conditions or potential for chat- problems
effect for other departments feedrates to maintain ideal ter, broken/chipped cutters, or lurking in
that coordinate with program- constant chip thickness while damage to part of the machine. In NC programs
ming. Engineering and design simultaneously reducing fee- these instances, VERICUT Force and
can learn through verification drates when needed to maintain will lower the federate to keep warning of
if parts can be manufactured or safe cutting forces and spindle the force under the limit of the unexpected
if changes need to be made be- power, and it does this for each tool’s capability. machine
fore metal cutting. Planning and tool. Force is based on calcula- The impact of optimizing is dra- behavior,
scheduling will have more accu- tions and proven cutting data matic, including reduced ma- even those
rate cycle times and they will not that has been gathered from chining time and longer tool life, occurring
have to schedule prove-out times tooling manufacturers, material which will help the shopfloor between
on the machines. The quality specifications and dyno testing. by giving more machine capac- multiple
control and inspection team can It uses very specific cutting pa- ity and maybe even postponing set-ups.
expect higher levels of confor- rameters, takes into consider- the purchase a new expensive
mance and fewer issues which ation what kind of material is be- machine. There will be less post
makes it easier to approve parts ing used, as well as tool type and machine clean up because pro-
and get them delivered. These geometry. It couples this with duced parts will be better qual-
are all areas where VERICUT is the cutting conditions that VERI- ity, saving even more time per
helping save time and money. CUT collects to give the best data part. Programmers are going
that can be used to analyze and to benefit from having correct
Silent killers of NC optimize the NC program. speeds and feeds information to
manufacturing Force charts visualize what is achieve consistent machining
But there are also the hidden happening during the machin- results. All these positives reach
issues, inefficiencies and missed ing process and expose areas of all the way back to the quoting
opportunities to optimize pro- opportunity that exist in each and estimating and mean manu-
cesses that erode profit margins. facturers can be more aggressive
Things like poor cutting meth- Source: CGTech and competitive with schedules
ods, non-optimal feedrates in and bids. Simulating, verifying,
new and existing NC programs, and optimizing simultaneously
over- or under-utilizing cut- with VERICUT Force equates to a
ters and/or machine tools, all cumulative effect on process opti-
of which can be draining mon- mization, resulting in significant
ey with every part made. Some time and money savings.
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