Each webinar will cover the use of Vortex in each of Delcam's CAM products as follows:
19th February – Vortex in PowerMILL
5th March – Vortex in FeatureCAM
19th March – Vortex in PartMaker
2nd April – Vortex in Delcam for SolidWorks
For full details and to register, go to www.vortexmachining.com/events/index.asp
The Vortex strategy gives the fastest safe metal removal from solid carbide tooling, in particular from designs that give deeper cuts by using the full flute length as the cutting surface.The strategy can be used for two- and three-axis roughing, three-plus-two-axis area clearance and for rest machining.It gives significant benefits regardless of the material being machined, whether that be titanium, tool steel or alloys such as Inconel.
Vortex produces toolpaths with a controlled engagement angle to maintain the optimum cutting conditions for the toolpath that would only be possible only for the straight-line moves normally.As a result, much higher feedrates are possible so the cutting time is far shorter, while cutting is undertaken at a more consistent volume-removal rate and at a constant feedrate, so protecting the spindle and the machine.
The consistent feedrate possible with Vortex is a fundamental difference from other high-speed roughing techniques. Delcam has performed trials showing that this approach is more reliable as it can often be difficult to predict exactly how machine tools will react to changing feedrates.
