FeatureCAM supports both 5-axis positional and simultaneous machining, including 5-axis drilling, trimming and swarf machining.
Benefits:
- Produces complex parts with fewer set-ups, saving time and reducing errors.
- Increases accuracy by machining parts with shorter, more rigid, tools.
- Controls the tool axis, allowing machining of areas that cannot be machined with 3-axis strategies.
- Converts 3-axis toolpaths to their 5-axis equivalents automatically, preventing collisions between holder and part
- Includes proven post-processors for all major machine tools, reducing machine commissioning time.
Typical Applications:
- Highly complex mould and die tools with undercuts.
- Turbines and stator vanes
- Covers covers, plates and brackets
- Highly complex engine ports
