SURFCAM 4/5-Axis

SURFCAM offers true simultaneous 4- and 5-axis machining, full visualization and verification. This enables the NC programmer to gain precise control over every aspect of multi-axis machining, ensuring safe tool motion in the most challenging applications. 4/5-Axis provides support for all standard tools with collision checking, avoidance, toolpath containment -- and more.

4/5-Axis Product highlights include:

• Multi-surface 4 and 5-axis machining
• Full tool and shank gouge protection ensures safe tool moves in the most challenging applications
• Full support for multiple gouge check strategies -- up to four separate groups of check surfaces
• Control of surface gap and stepover handling, including lead in and lead out options
• Retract options including plane, sphere and cylinder for increased tool control
• Powerful tool axis control during swarf cutting
• 5-axis drilling capabilities
• Tool plane locking and limiting for enhanced control
• Advanced vector control to provide toolpath optimization
• Full visualization and verification

New Gouge Avoidance Strategies	Enhanced Lead-In/Out and Gap Handling
SURFCAM allows the user to specify not one, but four different cascading tool gouge strategies that can be applied to a single operation. In addition, up to four separate check surface groups can be selected and individual gouge avoidance strategies can be applied to each successive group allowing the user precise control of the tool motion.	Full surface edge and gap handling has been added and seven different lead in and lead out options can be applied to allow the user total control of the tool motion during any event of the cutting process.

Enhanced Swarf Machining Additional tool control has been added to Swarf cutting to allow the tool to be tilted away from the surface to better control the cut. Better surface edge controls have been added to handle geometric inconsistencies found in imported geometries. Axial adjustments to allow tool shifting in respect to the calculated cut point have been added to give the programmer added control when necessary.

New Retract Types New retract types, including Plane, Cylinder and Sphere, have been added to allow the user to custom tailor the retract motion to be closer to the part type and orientation wasting less time on the machine and allowing safer tool repositions.

Our Customers Say

“We knew that the investment we were making in 5-axis capabilities was an investment in the future of our business…The immediate impact that our new machine has made on our business is a testament to the ease of use and competence of the SURFCAM software. It has really provided a seamless transition into a whole new world of capabilities that we are eager to explore.”
—Rick Ward, WARD Performance

4-Axis Cut spiral operation machining multiple surfaces

5-Axis Swarf operation machining multiple surfaces with a tapered tool