Produce excellent aerospace parts with TopSolid'Cam TopSolid
TopSolid'Cam is the CAD/CAM solution chosen by many aerospace companies thanks to its capacity to respond to the specific demands of this sector: high quality and reliability as well as the need to reduce production costs. Discover TopSolid’Cam at the Bourget, Hall 4, Stand EF125.
Here are some of TopSolid’Cam’s key functions which enable aerospace sub-contractors machine parts more quickly and with increased precision:
•Cycles dedicated to parts with thin walls
Pockets, commonly found in aerospace parts, often have very thin and fragile walls. TopSolid’Cam 2011 allows the operator to carry out finishing operations on these walls using Z level cycles regardless of the pocket depth. Such cycles help prevent unnecessary weakening of the already thin walls and reduce significantly programming times. In addition multi-pocketing allows the automatic running of processes on faces detected and selected by the operator which enables faster machining times.
•Stock management
TopSolid’Cam has real time stock management functions that enable the software to know, at all times, the condition of the stock before each machining operation. Thanks to this powerful function within TopSolid’Cam tool paths are calculated for each machining operation based on the stock left behind after previous operations. This material management technique is especially effective when making changes to the machining procedure by removing or reversing operations. If the condition of the stock changes because an operation is withdrawn, the following operation is automatically modified. TopSolid’Cam’s stock management function is a key function for all TopSolid’Cam users. Nowhere is this function more important than in the aerospace field where parts and productions plans are often changed so it is essential that TopSolid’Cam manages the stock.
26 September 2011
