Delcam's FeatureCAM Gives Innovative Precision High-Precision Parts Fast
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Adding Delcam's FeatureCAM CAM system has given Innovative Precision several advantages in its high-precision, quick-turnaround work. The software has increased productivity, shortened programming time and permitted the company to customise its programs as needed.
Innovative Precision LLC., from Ogden, Utah, has established itself over eight years as a reliable source for precision toolmaking, CNC machining, prototyping and die making. The company specialises in providing short-run, high-precision machining for customers in the medical, aerospace, military and automotive industries. Its facility includes the latest in CNC technology, including 4-axis wire EDM, sinker EDM, an EDM drilling machine, three CNC turning centres and four 3-axis milling centres.
According to Eric Rosander, CNC programmer and machine operator, by using CNC milling, turning, grinding and heat-treating, the company now is capable of making precision parts in just about any shape, size or form to the tightest tolerances in a wide variety of materials including aluminium, mild steels, stainless steel, plastics and tool steels.
To perform its service in a timely and accurate manner, Innovative Precision decided it was essential to invest in CAM software that could import its customers' solid models, generate CNC code for lathes and mills directly from the models, and quickly return correct prototype or initial parts to the customers at a competitive cost.
"Our shop has concentrated on accomplishing tight-tolerance, intricate work with a quick turnaround; something many customers require when they are developing parts," said Mr. Rosander. "A lot of our customers come to us with solid models. FeatureCAM recognises the features automatically and so helps to quickly move us through the programming for those parts, saving us a lot of time and allowing us to keep our turnaround time to a minimum."
"FeatureCAM also helps us to see the big picture on the parts and to see what will be the optimum way to run the part," he continued. "I am working on an automotive part right now that the customer sent us as a solid model. It includes work on all six sides, with holes that intersect with other holes and features. FeatureCAM lets me see that, to determine what feature to run first. After programming, all I have to do is put the part in and hit the "Go" button on the machining centre. I've used other CAM systems, but FeatureCAM is by far the easiest to use. I have taken people who never programmed before and at the end of the week, they were programming successfully."
