NCG CAM Customer References 2010. 5. 25. · AKING NCG CAM Makes Diversifying into Toolmaking Easy...

NCG CAM Customer References


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GNCG CAM Enables RP Tooling Ltd to Increase CNC Machining Capacity by 50%

Requirements

RP Tooling Ltd is a modern, highly efficient toolmaking company based in the heart of the

West Midlands, UK. RP Tooling specialise in the manufacture of investment tools, injection

mould tools, component manufacture and rapid tooling for a wide variety of industries

including aerospace, automotive and commercial markets.

50% savings on programming and machining time has doubled their CNC machining capacity.

Increased profits as a result of reduced processing time and machining errors being reduced to a minimum.

Able to provide customers with more comprehensive machining solutions.

Able to easily add-on full simultaneous 5-axis option to NCG CAM later on, when a 5-axis CNC machine is purchased.

“Our philosophy of providing toolmaking excellence applies right the way through the process from design to final

tool delivery, supported in no small way by our experienced personnel. Automated production scheduling, data

management and integrated CAD/CAM/CNC systems including SolidWorks and NCG CAM backed by high-end IT,

allows for efficient tool manufacture, giving our customers the best possible value.”

Brett Mitchell, Director RP Tooling Ltd

Contact: Shaun Lawrence - Technical Sales Manager

Telephone: +44 (0)121 550 5868

Email: [email protected]

Company Website: www.rp-tooling.co.uk

Results from Purchasing NCG CAM

About the Company

Shorter lead times were required to remain competitive in the manufacturing industry,

especially against low cost production offered from toolmakers in Asia. At the same time

RP Tooling needed to ensure that they maintained their established reputation for quality.

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GNCG CAM Makes Diversifying into Toolmaking Easy For Pinfold Patterns

Requirements

Established since 1999 in West Midlands, UK, Pinfold Patterns specialise in producing a

variety of tools, including foam tools, vac form tools, prototype models and patternmaking.

Pinfold Patterns has produced tools to suit vehicles/applications for JCB, Rover, BMW,

Bentley, Airbus, Terex, LTI, Dennis Eagle and several medical companies.

Made diversifying into toolmaking easy, as so easy to learn and use NCG CAM.

Able to provide customers with more comprehensive machining solutions.

Able to add a second machine tool due to increased work from the successful new toolmaking facilities.

“NCG CAM has improved our company to diversify into different areas of toolmaking, thus improving our turnover

and profitability. The software is easy to use and has many added benefits over other available software .“

Richard Hatfield, Pinfold Patterns

Contact: Sales Department

Telephone: +44 (0)1922 403340


Company Website: www.pinfoldpatterns.co.uk


About the Company

Pinfold Patterns were looking to diversify to offer toolmaking as well as patternmaking. They

would be competing with larger companies and needed software that was reliable and could

help them to keep the cost of producing the tools down to a minimum. At the same time the

tools produced had to be good quality and compatible with Correa machining centres.

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NCG CAM Helps Inca Tooling Ltd to Expand Their Customer Base Globally

Requirements

Inca Tooling was established in 1972 to supply tooling to the UK based investment-casting

foundries. Since that time the company has expanded its customer base to cover Europe, the

United States, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East.

The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of airfoil tooling, ranging from the

smallest turbine blade for helicopter engines up to the largest blades and vanes for power

generation turbines. Inca works closely with companies such as Rolls Royce, General Electric,

Pratt & Whitney, Snecma, MTU, ABB and Solar Turbines to name a few.

The reliability of NCG CAM has helped Inca Tooling to build up and maintain excellent working relationships with many of the

leading aero-engine and gas turbine manufacturers, both in UK and globally.

Inca Tooling pioneered the design and construction of single shot dies for multi-vane segments using NCG CAM.

Wear on tooling is kept to a minimum, saving money.

“At INCA Tooling, we use SolidWorks to design and NCG CAM to manufacture complex wax pattern dies and ceramic

core tooling for the aerospace industry. Using NCG CAM on our BRIDGEPORT VMC Machining Centres, we are

capable of even higher production standards in shorter lead times.”

John Hope, Inca Tooling

Contact: John Hope

Telephone: +44 (0)1905 26937


Company Website: www.incatool.co.uk


About the Company

Inca Tooling were looking for CAM software that offered a high quality surface finish, but at

the same time would reduce their lead times to allow them to compete for business on a

global scale.

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GAdopting NCG CAM on the Shop-floor Reduces Machining Lead Times by up to 95% for Dynamic Die & Steel (Sheffield) Ltd

Requirements

Established since 1970, Dynamic Die & Steel (Sheffield) Ltd, Sheffield, UK, provide a complete

sub-contract solution, specialising in medium to heavy machining of large forge tooling for a

variety of industries including aerospace, mining and transportation.

Machining lead times have been significantly reduced from 8 weeks down to just 2 days

Operators can make modifications straight away, by using the software on the shop-floor, saving time

The amount of benching has been minimised , as the smooth cutter paths produced by NCG CAM give excellent

surface finish

Training of additional staff is no longer an issue, as NCG CAM is so easy to use

“NCG CAM is a very powerful 3D programming system. The speed with which we create the very large cutter paths

required in the production of 2 metre die impressions is incredible and has enabled us to operate lights out

machining on our high speed machine tools.

Most of all, our customers have been astounded by how quickly we can turn round a suite of tools, which allows us to

keep our pricing very competitive.”

- Andy Farmer, Managing Director, Dynamic Die & Steel (Sheffield) Ltd

Contact: Andy Farmer

Telephone: + 44 (0)114 276 1100


Company Website: www.dynamicdie.co.uk


About the Company

Dynamic Die & Steel (Sheffield) Ltd were looking for a shop-floor CAM system suitable for their

high speed machining centres, that would address the rapid turn around required when

producing very large forging die tools.

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Class 100 Offer Simultaneous 4-axis

Utilising 5-axis Capabilities in NCG CAM

Requirements

Established since 1992 in Hertfordshire, UK, Class 100 specialise in 3D machining of

prototypes, mould tools, vacuum form tools, special purpose jigs & fixtures and vibration

welding fixtures.

Toolpaths, especially the roughing, are very quick to generate, keeping lead times to a minimum.

Able to purchase a Haas machine tool to utilise NCG CAM and diversify into running an in-house toolroom with ease.

Able to further diversify to offer simultaneous 4-axis capabilities to customers by adding the NCG CAM 5-axis add-on option.

“I have always found NCG CAM to be very intuitive. One key benefit of the software, is that it allows you to quickly

amend toolpaths semi-automatically with the help of the process manager and control key. Most other software

packages require the user to regenerate each stage individually.

All of the time savings really add up when you are looking to keep lead times to a minimum.“

Adrian Brown, Class 100

Contact: Adrian Brown

Telephone: +44 (0)1462 893336


Company Website: www.class100.co.uk


About the Company

Class 100 were initially looking for an easy to use CAM package that was suitable for bureau

programming work.

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BROCH ADLER Slovakia Invests In NCG CAM forComplex Surface Machining

Requirements

BROCH ADLER SLOVAKIA s.r.o. was founded in 2005. Their main focus is in the production of

drop forging dies, mainly for the automotive industry.

Easy and fast creation of NC programs also within complex shaped surfaces

High speed and accurate machining

Thanks to optimisation, NCG CAM reduces time that is needed for the defining toolpath and

its calculation, as well as production time

Prompt implementation thanks to easy and intuitive user interface

“We have invested into the NCG CAM program and now it allows us to create programs ofcomplex shaped surfaces with highly accurate machining. Easy-to-operate is among its greatbenefits. Even if the user is not skilled with CAM, they are able to learn how to manage it afterjust a few days without any previous CAM experience.“

Ing. Martin Komlossy, PhD - BROCH ADLER Slovakia s.r.o.

Contact: BROCH ADLER SLOVAKIA, s. r. o.

Telephone: +421/41/564 0672


Company Website: http://www.broch-adler.sk


About the Company

In order to expand their production, the company had to set-up its own in-house tool-room.

As well as purchasing a machining centre, it was also necessary to have the facilities to create

programs for 3-axis machining in house. As the tooling is used for production of quality forgings

the doubly curved surfaces needed to be machined to accurately.

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Virtual Tool & Composites Inc. Invest in 7 Seats of NCG CAM for 3+2 axis Machining

Requirements

Virtual Tool & Composites Inc., Windsor, Canada has many years experience in 3-axis, 3+2

axis, high speed machining, utilising a range of machining centres including some with very

large working envelopes. Virtual Tooling customers range across industries such as

aerospace, energy, automotive, mold & die and oil and gas industries.

Machining times were dramatically reduced by being able to use shorter tools when machining complex parts

NCG CAM is well suited to mold, tool & die

Training of additional staff is no longer a worry, as NCG CAM is so easy to use

“NCG CAM is a very powerful 3D programming system. The use of tool holder avoidance, enables us to machine

complex parts with the shortest tools possible, decreasing our machining time dramatically.

Our staff were trained up in just a few days as the user interface is so easy to use.”

Ron Bezaire – Virtual Tool & Composites Inc.

Contact: Ron Bezaire

Telephone: + 519 737 6111


Company Website: www.virtualtool.ca


About the Company

Virtual Tool & Composites Inc. were looking for a reliable, easy to use shop-floor programming

system that was capable of machining 3-axis, 3+2 axis with reliable collision free execution.

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GBeta-Tech Precision Tooling and Automation Invest in NCG CAM for Complex Surface Machining

Requirements

Beta-Tech Precision Tooling and Automation of Barrie, Ontario has many years experience in

3-axis, high speed machining, utilising a range of machining centres. Beta-Tech’s customers

span across industries such as aerospace, automotive, mold & die and robotic automation.

Delivered gouge-free toolpaths that calculate quickly when machining complex parts

Obtained a seamless integration to SolidWorks while running standalone

NCG CAM reduced machining calculation time of complex jobs

Easily integrated into Beta-Techs manufacturing environment with it’s logical user interface

“NCG CAM completes our suite of CNC programming software. The unmatched calculation time and “Lights Out” machining

capability gives Beta-Tech a competitive advantage. Our staff were and up and running with just a few days of training. Ambo

Technologies, a strategic Partner with NCG-CAM NA, provided hands on training and had us cutting our first parts as soon as

the training was done. Outstanding!”Rob Kunjah – Beta-Tech Precision Tooling and Automation

Contact: Rob Kunjah

Telephone: 705-722-0800


Company Website: http://www.betatech.ca


About the Company

Beta-Tech needed a 3D CAM system with enhanced capability that would easily cut complex,

organically shaped surfaces. Cost-efficiency was also important, being able to leverage the

multi-threading capability needed to calculate multiple toolpaths simultaneously. As Beta-Tech

has experienced growth combined with the purchase another company, increased throughput

and large part performance was a major requirement.

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