How CIMCO Probing Helps You With Your Manufacturing
For this CAM Skills Event, we invited Ryan Mermall with CIMCO Americas to demonstrate Cimco Probing and explain the various products and demonstrate their usage. CIMCO Probing is a fully integrated add-on for Mastercam that addresses all of your probing issues by making probing an integrated and natural part of the Mastercam programming process. CIMCO Probing helps improve the quality of parts, increases productivity, and reduces setup-time and manual processes. Easily program your machining center’s spindle-mounted touch probe directly in Mastercam the same way you program toolpaths. CIMCO Probing generates machine-independent g-code that is inserted directly into the NC program and can be customized to work with any kind of probe. In this event, you’ll see how to:
- • Tap into Existing Macros Already on the Machine
- • Set Work Offset Automatically
- • Adjust Tool Offsets Automatically
- • Improve Cycle Times by Eliminating Operator Input
- • Check features and Re-Run Toolpaths if Needed
If you decide to get CIMCO Probing you will need to purchase the add-in software, get your post processors modified to support the routines, and get implementation assistance to get it integrated and operating in your system. Be sure to contact an MLC CAD Systems representative to learn more about what would be involved in adding this to your company operations and to make sure this is the right solution for your specific needs.
About the author
Patrik has been heavily involved in Utah’s manufacturing scene and a Mastercam user since 1991 with a focus on tool & die production, molds, investment casting and additive manufacturing, before joining the MLC family in January 2018. He loves to be on the cutting edge of technology and his biggest satisfaction is helping people turn their manufacturing problems into opportunities.
