The combination of machinery and Mastercam enables Titletown to be creative - especially when negotiating complex geometries. “They have helped me immensely, and there’s usually somebody available that can take care of whatever you need.” To win in machining, it is essential to meet customer deadlines and confidently accept challenging work orders. “The entire team at ShopWare is fantastic,” Sanders said. That’s where Titletown’s Mastercam Reseller, ShopWare Inc., based in Elgin, Illinois, comes in. Machinists must learn the capabilities of the hardware and software and develop trust in both. Incorporating new processes like this one means getting buy-in from machinists, and that typically requires education. “And there was another chamfer and radius on that tool that we could use to complete everything with Mastercam because of their 3D toolpaths, and all at a super high rate of speed. We were pushing that at 300 ipm and had the spindle maxed out.” The Mastercam software allowed the shop to use the bull-nose end mill to machine both the 60 ° bevel and the 1¼ ' radius. Instead of buying a gigantic ball-end mill, we 3D milled the part with a seven-flute bull-nose end mill from MA Ford.

Manufacturing Engineering December 2021:

Mastercam dynamic milling