FANUC America and CNC Software, developer of the Mastercam CAM software, have released a new postprocessor designed to optimize five-axis capabilities in FANUC CNC machines. The new postprocessor allows advanced machine tool operators to reduce their cycle times while boosting part accuracy, particularly for CAD/CAM-generated five-axis simultaneous contouring part processes.
A growing number of manufacturing industries, such as aerospace, medical and mold and die job shops, are incorporating five-axis simultaneous processing in their operations. By optimizing FANUC CNCs with this new Mastercam postprocessor, the companies say machine tools will be able to produce parts modeled in the CAD system more precisely.