I would urge anyone looking for a new CAM system, or anyone who wants to save up to 70% on machining time to take a look at HSMWorks. up to now and HSMWorks has kicked it to touch. Ive been using Machining Strategist for 9 years. It is perfectly intergrated into SW (Unlike SolidCam ) and it feels like it was made by Dassualt Systemes themselves. Now, even better is the interface, if you are familiar with SolidWorks then using HSMWorks is a snap. He signed the purchase Order right there and then. When showing the CEO this job and working the numbers, the payback on the software was a matter of weeks.
Typical time savings of 45% up to a staggering 70% have been seen using HSMWorks Adaptive clearing, on one of my production jobs I took a "Conventional" programmed job from 11 mins down to just over 3 mins and I think I can get more yet!! I contacted them and got a fully functioning copy on a 30 day Trial licence, it installs as an add on to SW and within 2 hours of install I was cutting steelĪfter a couple of weeks and learning some new approaches to roughing I found the power of "Adaptive Clearing" This was the most mind blowing thing I have ever seen and still marvel at it as I see steel chips flying like never before. This will allow you to use the standard tooling, however there will need to be an undercut at the chuck end of the thread to allow the screw cutting tool to move to the start point for threading.I was recently in the market for new CAM software, I went to the Solidworks website to look for Gold Partners and most of them I had used, tried and failed! Except one caught my eye, HSMWorks. the tool will be moving in the Z+ direction. 2nd OptionĪnother way this can be done, if there is no option to buy new tooling, is to use the standard tooling (right-hand) and program the thread to cut from the back of the thread to the front of the thread (from the chuck towards the tailstock end) i.e. Instead of running the spindle in the forward direction (M03 programmed), the program will now run the spindle in reverse (M04 programmed). When this is done, there is one alteration needed in the program to cut a left handed thread: Where we normally look at the back of a tool, with the insert facing the casting of your machine, we will now have the insert facing the operator when the tool is in the turret. The tools need to be mounted into the turret the opposite way round to normal, so left-hand tooling is used rather than right-hand tooling.
Cutting left handed threads on a Haas Lathe is just as easy as cutting right handed threads.
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