TPT September 2023

TECHNOLOGY

Simulating the complete tube machining process with the click of a button

allows users to launch NC2Check to provide full simulation and G-code verification from within the Mastercam session. Bircan Öztürk, director for Camwerk, said: “With NC2Check, you can see collisions and errors directly on your PC and run on your machines completely virtually. “We do not offer G-code simulation in the classic definition, we offer our customers the freedom to create ideas and creatively use ideas elsewhere in the company instead of looking for errors in the NC program, and to run in every single part on the CNC machine. It is a small tool, but its effect in production makes it a real-time miracle for everyone.”

and tubes. The new system is capable of producing the most common steel construction profiles – plates, angle irons, tubes, U-profiles, crane runway consoles – and is the world’s first welding robot that can both fit and weld. As a necessary solution to the shortage of welders, this robot allows for fully automated production of welding. Welders who perform this craftmanship can now focus on specialised welding projects instead. The welding process will no longer be interrupted, allowing for better planning and consistent quality. To further optimise production, Voortman Steel Machinery has also introduced DIGI-WELD, a software solution that fully automates the welding preparation process. This saves time with its analysis and correction of 3D models for welding information at just one click. “The Voortman Fabricator can run 24 hours per day while delivering consistent quality,” said Henk Maassen van den Brink, sales director at Voortman Steel Machinery. detect errors that lead to machine downtime, damage to the workpiece, or even expensive collisions on CNC machines before the real machining even begins. “We are excited to partner with Camwerk on a complete mapping of the entire machine tool and simulation of NC programs based on G-code and make it available to over 300,000 users,” said Stas Mylek, partnership program manager, CNC Software, LLC. “The collaborative effort between both companies provides Mastercam users with a complete machine simulation for detecting issues such as travel limits or potential workpiece collisions before machining actually takes place,” he added. NC2Check is an add-on to Mastercam that installs as a single button on the ribbon bar interface. The single button

CNC Software LLC, developers of Mastercam, the CAD/CAM software, has partnered with Camwerk to provide customers with an easy to use fully integrated machine solution called NC2Check. Mastercam developers worked closely with Camwerk to build a solution for G-code simulation within Mastercam. The integration gives Mastercam customers a solution for avoiding machine damage, downtimes, failures, and makes their production and programming even more efficient and error-free. N2Check precisely simulates the CNC machine and the entire process of machining. By verifying the NC code through NC2Check, users have an NC code based virtual machine simulation of all movements. NC2Check helps users

Mastercam www.mastercam.com

Voortman Steel Machinery welding systems for structural steel and tubes

“DIGI-WELD makes the Fabricator one of the most accessible welding system in the steel industry.” The Fabricator is easy to integrate into a workshop and does not take up much space, making it a good solution for companies facing a shortage of skilled welders. It is a useful combination of technology and skilled professionals, allowing welders to focus on more challenging welding work while the Fabricator handles repetitive and heavy welding tasks. The introduction of this technology into structural steel production can revolutionise how companies approach projects while ensuring exceptional results every time, the company said. It offers increased reliability compared to manual processes with its ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously while still maintaining accuracy and precision.

VOORTMAN Steel Machinery has launched the Voortman Fabricator, a welding system for structural steel

The robot allows for fully automated production of welding

Voortman Steel Machinery www.voortman.net

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