At the event, delegates learned that tools are now being designed around Waveform, which maintains a constant tool cutting load by ensuring a consistent tool engagement with the material.
Edgecam’s strategic partnership manager Wesley Tonks says: “End-users are typically benefitting from increased material removal rates of 80% on mills and 300% in turning environments.”
Held at Mazak UK in Worcester, the event included two demonstrations, the first featuring a Great British Sports Cars brake caliper. The part was machined on a Mazak Vertical Center Smart 430A, using tools from Sandvik Coromant. Machining highlights included waveform face milling and rough profiling along with flow surface, constant cusp, profiling and parallel lace finishing cycles. Soft jaws were created using ‘Boolean Difference’ in Edgecam’s Part Modeler. The part was inspected with a Romer Absolute Arm, from Vero’s parent company, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. In a separate presentation, Hexagon product line specialist Jamie Barnett detailed the technology behind the arm, which utilises PC-DMIS laser scanning to produce a point cloud, capturing data to generate an STL file.
The second demonstration showed the Waveform high speed turning cycle on a Mazak Integrex i-400 using Iscar cutting tools. A highlight was the new Ramp Strategy in the rough turn cycle, rotary machining, and 5-axis finishing.
James Rhys Davies, Sandvik Coromant’s machine investment manager, says events like Edgecam’s are important in showing delegates why specific tools and strategies are deployed. “Manufacturers benefit from machine tool builders, cutting tool and CADCAM companies working in partnership, as it provides a true cohesive approach that keeps production costs down.”
