VoluMill™ for Siemens NX CAM and CAM Express

VoluMill for Siemens NX™ CAM and CAM Express

KEY BENEFITS

Removes material faster, with reduced tool wear, than general-purpose roughing toolpaths.
Optimally prepares the part for finishing, achieving a nearer-to-net shape in less time and with fewer cutting tools.
Significantly decreases
rough milling cycle times
Significantly increases
cutting-tool life
Enables the use of smaller
diameter, less expensive, more widely applicable cutting tools
Minimal learning curve – tightly integrated into NX CAM, utilizing native dialogs and parameters
Manipulate, verify and post process just like native NX CAM toolpaths
Effective with ANY part geometry, ANY material, ANY machine tool, ANY cutting tool

GETTING STARTED

Follow these guidelines to get started with
VoluMill on any part or any material.

SFM (SMM): DOUBLE, or even TRIPLE, the cutting tool manufacturer's recommendation. Adjust from there (likely upwards).
FPT: Keep manufacturer's recommendation. Upward adjustments likely (never downward).
ADOC: Set to whatever the part or flute length allows.
RDOC: 6% for harder materials,
40% for softer materials –
interpolate for other grades.
When you make adjustments let tool-life or cycle-time priority be your guide.

VoluMill adds to the value of NX CAM. It adds toolpath options that NX CAM does not provide as standard, toolpaths specifically engineered to remove material quickly and efficiently while better preparing the part for finishing with NX CAM’s toolpaths.

VoluMill for NX looks and runs like native NX CAM modules; it is well integrated and NX CAM and CAM Express users will find it easy to adopt and use.

Native integration

Final Step Height

Freeway Linking

SOME CUSTOMER RESULTS:

6Al4V Titanium		6061 Aluminum
BEFORE	AFTER	BEFORE	AFTER
80 min/part	30 min/part	13 min/part	4 min/part
4 parts/tool	40 parts/tool	32 parts/tool	78 parts/tool

17-4 PH Stainless		625 Inconel
BEFORE	AFTER	BEFORE	AFTER
43 min/part	7 min/part	35 min/part	7 min/part
2 parts/tool	5 parts/tool	3 parts/tool	12 parts/tool

Fast. Innovative. Celeritive.

Celeritive Technologies, Inc. was founded to develop and commercialize advanced CAD/CAM technologies. Starting with a blank sheet of paper and leveraging the 75+ years of combined machining, software design, software development, and business management experience of the founders, we have developed our first product – VoluMill™. This innovative and powerful toolpath engine extends and enhances the capabilities of today’s CAD/CAM software systems, integrates seamlessly into PLM systems, and significantly improves productivity and throughput in the production environment.