ESPRIT at AeroDef 2011, Anaheim, Calif., April 5-7 (9-Feb-2011)

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The latest version of computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) software created by CAM industry leader DP Technology will be exhibited March April 5-7 at the Anaheim Convention Center, where ESPRIT® 2011 will be featured at the AeroDef Manufacturing Exposition and Conference 2011.

According to the Society of Engineers, the event’s organizer, AeroDef is a comprehensive exposition and technical conference geared at keeping those in the aerospace and defense industries in business as those industries evolve. The exhibition is intended to represent innovation and efficiencies at each tier of the aerospace and defense supply chains.

ESPRIT will be exhibited at booth No. 1110, at which knowledgeable representatives of DP Technology will be available to discuss vital upgrades and perform demonstrations of how those upgrades can be put to work for you.

Included in ESPRIT 2011 are a significant number of innovative programming technologies for all machining disciplines — including milling, turning, wire EDM, multitasking mill-turn, and high-speed 3- and 5-axis — in addition to notable system-wide enhancements and new analysis tools. ESPRIT 2011 is designed to run on both the Microsoft® Windows® 7™ and Microsoft® Vista™ operating systems.

Upgrades to 3-and-5-axis ESPRIT Mold Cycles

Numerous enhancements have also been made to 3-and-5-axis cycles.

Among these upgrades is the new tangent pass extension toolpath option, which allows users to apply a tangent extension at the two extremities of open passes. This new option has been added to parallel planes, Z-level and between-curves finishing, as well as to 5-axis composite milling.

For all 3-and-5-axis SolidMill® Mold cycles, “Retract Optimization” has been updated with a new option called “Within Operation” that optimizes retracts within the operation. The tool starts and ends at the full clearance height.

Among several enhancements made to all 5-axis mold cycles is a new option for controlling the orientation of the tool axis within the composite cycle. This new “Normal to Model” orientation strategy keeps the tool axis perpendicular to model surfaces regardless of the selected drive surface. This new strategy is advantageous when a knitted surface is selected as a drive surface for a projected toolpath (‘Machining Pattern’ set to ‘Project Parametric Pattern’ or ‘Project Spiral’).

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