Cimquest Customer Success Stories

See how Cimquest’s Customers are using our products and services to stay ahead of the manufacturing technology curve and keep their business running at optimum levels.

United Tool & Die Customer Spotlight

January 18th, 2016|0 Comments

United Tool & Die – Customer Spotlight

A renowned leader in the aerospace tube & duct field, United Tool & Die uses 3D printing to produce functional jigs & fixtures. With the evolution of additive manufacturing, UTD continues to conjure innovative and complex designs, while saving extensively on time and costs.

Drastically Reducing Programming Time

December 14th, 2015|0 Comments

Foremost Manufacturing

Foremost Manufacturing was founded in 1957 and is a premier supplier of reflectors, housing, and assembly services for the lighting industry. Foremost Mfg has been working with Cimquest for well over 10 years and with their help have been drastically reducing programming time. They take advantage of the events that Cimquest puts on to announce new product releases and finds them to be a great resource for learning new tips and tricks. They also watch the Two Minute Tuesday series every week where they pick up lots of useful information. […]

Overcoming Challenges With New Product Development

November 9th, 2015|0 Comments

Phillips Precision is a Cimquest customer in Boylston, MA. They are a machine shop that specializes in prototypes and light production. One of their specialties is new product development that addresses various problems.

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Six years ago they bought their first CMM (coordinate measuring machine). After the equipment was delivered and placed on their shop floor their first challenge was holding the parts down on the granite table. They didn’t know how to hold the parts down efficiently and after trying glue and double-sided tape they realized that they needed a better solution […]

Cimquest Customer Success – Gil Machine & Tool

June 12th, 2015|0 Comments

Gil Machine is a Cimquest customer in Eastern PA and their owner, Al Gil, often recommends Mastercam to other shops. He finds it invaluable to his business and couldn’t imagine operating without it. Mastercam helps him visualize his entire project so that the toolpaths are perfect every time allowing him to make superior products, quickly.

The day we visited, Al performed a roughing test with some GW Shultz end mills to measure the speeds of how quickly they could ramp into parts and remove material using Mastercam’s Dynamic Motion toolpaths. His test included ramps at 5 degrees, 10, 20, 30 and […]