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July 2015
Mastercam X9 Delivers a Better Workflow
Efficient CNC programming isn’t always about the toolpaths, tooling, or machines. Your workflow has a big impact on how quickly you can get programs on the machine and how easy it is to create those programs. In the video below you will see some subtle but powerful enhancements to X9 that will make your workflow smoother, easier, and more productive. Please contact us today for more info.
3D Print and Easily Clean Fine, Intricate Parts
Now you can easily 3D print and clean intricate parts with the Objet Eden260VS. Matching the Objet Eden260V in size and performance, the Objet Eden260VS also gives you the option to 3D print with soluble support — ideal for automated support removal, even from fine, delicate parts and complex geometries.
3D printing with soluble support lets you easily clean models with extremely fine, delicate features, reaching internal voids that water-jetting can miss. And for […]
June 2015
Smooth and Seamless Product Implementation
Our products and services are customized to fit each individual company’s needs. We use your existing strengths and weaknesses to determine which products will produce the greatest results. Our extensive implementation process will seamlessly assist your organization in planning, implementation, design and development of products and systems.
Cimquest has always been focused on customers. We know that the success of our business depends on your success, and have made it […]
Is 3D Printing Worth the Hype?
This is an excerpt from an article by Chad Sansing posted on SLJ.com
If you’ve ever seen a 3-D printer at work, you know how mesmerizing it can be. LEDs flicker to life, fans and motors spin up to speed, and then, the print head (or nozzle) begins its dance back and forth along X- and Y-axis belt drives (and up and down the Z-axis), extruding its […]
Mastercam X9 Mill-Turn Preview
The most widely-used CAD/CAM software in the world now gives you the confidence to automate your complex programs on today’s high-powered, multi-streamed, multitasking machining centers. Program it right the first time, every time simpler and easier than ever before. Mastercam streamlines the programming process on these complex machines with intelligent job setups that are keyed to the exact machine in your shop. Utilizing intelligent work plane selection, it’s as easy as selecting the spindle […]
Ten-motor Electric Plane Takes Off
The GL-10 prototype takes off in hover mode like a helicopter (Photo: NASA Langley/David C. Bowman)
In seeking a compromise between helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, engineers in recent years have opted for tilt rotors, but NASA has dusted off and improved on a tilt wing aircraft design that takes off and […]