Speed up with new Feedrates

Your daily business is to manufacture complex dies and molds. To be fast and cost-effective, you need seamless integration of CAM system, machine/controls and milling tool. We help you to tap into the unused potential of your manufacturing equipment. Continuously adjusting the feedrate to varying engagement conditions allows better operating conditions for both machine and tool. Milling times can be reduced by up to 20%. This translates into real cost savings and substantial lead time reductions.

What is NCspeed

NCspeed is a software system for the simulation of 3- and 5-axis milling processes. The milling process is optimized with regard to machining time and process safety. Furthermore the checking of toolpath is possible.

Working method

Based on a volumetric simulation NCspeed can analyze the material removal process during milling. This principle enables a visual checking of the milling process. For this purpose NCspeed offers a shaded visualisation of the continuously machined geometry. Due to this, it is possible to detect faults in the NC-program before a machining crash occurs.

The optimisation component of NCspeed calculates the material volume to be cut by the milling cutter and adjusts the feedrate to the actual engagement conditions. The more material is to be cut, the slower is the feedrate and vice versa. Based on this principle a new feedrate profile is generated.

NCspeed works as a postprocessor. A toolpath is reading, additional feedspeeds are inserted and the optimised program is written back. All common toolpath formats like DIN/ISO, Heidenhain conversational and APT- can be used. The