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CNC WEST October/November 2017 www.CNC-West.com 71 New Products Or Call US Today P ROMAX Premier is High Performance in every aspect. European Cutting Edge Technology meets PROMAX’s superior coatings and high standards. See what these Material Specific High Performance Carbide End Mills have to offer. Learn more about the PROMAX Premier line at: www.promaxtools.com 800-878-0502 Changing The World One Amazing Tool At A Time PROMAX Premier Series Us360 For Aluminum OctNov CNC West Island.indd 1 10/3/2017 9:23:43 AM two Twin tool holders (two inserts). The CoroTurn® Prime Twin tool holder is available for use with Coro- mant Capto® C5 – C8 size. A range of axial tool holders for vertical turning lathes is also part of the range, which means that Sandvik Coromant now has a complete offer for PrimeTurning™: axial, radial, and multi-task tool holders. In total, eight dedicated tool holders for axial mount- ing are being launched. This type of tool holder is compatible with most types of vertical lathes and available in Coromant Capto® for use with either CoroTurn® Prime A-type or B-type inserts. CAD/CAM Software Focused on Efficiency and Speed —CNC Software CNC Software has releasedMaster- cam 2018. It brings a new suite of pro- gramming tools focused on delivering speed, automation and efficiency for all machining jobs. Mastercam 2018 offers new 2-D/3-D milling features, Design improvements, turning and mill-turn enhancements and more. Stock awareness has been added to select 2-D toolpaths and allows tool motion on the top, bottom or both values of the stock. This provides a safer and more optimized tool motion. Users can also optimize finish passes based on rough stock, giving them more efficient and safer tool motion. The workflow for all 3-D high-speed toolpaths has been streamlined. High- speed hybrid toolpaths now offer smoothing controls and deliver a finer finish. If working with stringy materials. Mastercam’s new Chip Break control prevents problems by allowing the user to set length and time conditions, retract and dwell options. Mill-Turn machine definitions now contain tail- stock and quill components, tailored to the user’s machine. Shops can model their own designs, but they also get in models that need to be corrected or prepped for machining. Mastercam’s CAD functions are de- signed for the machinist. Angle Sweep improves the creation of more complex wireframe functions and when creating or editing primitives, there are now on- screen sweep and rotate controls which can snap to the AutoCursor positions of existing entities. To make Roll and Unroll results easier to predict, Seam Control lets the user visually rotate a seam to see how geometry will re- spond, as well as snap to AutoCursor positions. Hole Axis makes it easier to work with a large number of holes, es- pecially holes with matching diameters that are selected as a group.