ESPRIT 3D Milling CAM

A Universal Cutting Tool for 3D and 5-Axis Contouring... Unlimited Tool Path Potential. With molds, you can machine them in many ways. With ESPRIT, you can machine them in the best way. You will find ESPRIT with many contouring cycles - an important tool for shortening the long machining cycles while mold-making. When detailed tool control is needed, ESPRIT provides all the power you expect to control the individual tool movements. Multiple lead-in and outs for use with hardened steel or graphite. High-speed functions and smooth bridge movements. Reduce machining times and polishing. Also see our 5-axis CNC Software page Photo: Izgara Mold. Makino V33 Machine. 5 inches by 3 inches. 50 Hrc.
	Contouring Cycles including planar, rotational, single curve, dual curve, normal, Z-level (waterline), slope-machining, single and multiple-surface UV machining, spiral and more...  Vertical, tangent, tangent radius, etc. lead-ins for machining different materials where chipping or tool life is concerned Slope control for near-horizontal or near-vertical areas Support of undercutting Machining STL Files Directly Hardmilling CAD CAM made easy Download a PDF version of the ESPRIT CNC software brochure.
Roughing and Pocketing... Automatically rough and finish cut them in one simple step. ESPRIT has a comprehensive Pocket Machining cycle that handles straight wall pockets, tapered pockets, and through or blind pockets. Whether they are simple squares, or pockets with complex boundaries and a large number of multi-level islands and bosses, you will have the power you need to automatically rough and finish cut them in one simple step. The pocketing cycle supports concentric outside-in and inside-out cutting with a constant overlap, bi-directional zigzag, and one way zigzag movements.  Never again worry about depths and heights for your islands or pockets. ESPRIT reads this information from the part features and automatically creates all the necessary tool movements. Photo: Cell Phone Mold. Mori Seiki NVD4000 Machine. 8 inches by 5 inches. 53 Hrc.
	Concentric-in, concentric-out, bi-directional zigzag, one way zigzag with control over climb versus conventional cutting and straight or tapered walls Morph Machining for high speed jobs Variable Step Machining Automatic hole avoidance
FreeForm 3D Surface and Solid Machining... A powerful set of tools. SolidMill FreeForm uses the ESPRIT solid machining engine to cut complex 3D freeform shapes. Specifically designed to handle the most challenging requirements of the mold, die, and tool making markets, ESPRIT provides you with a powerful set of tools and a large selection of machining cycles for roughing, semi-finishing, finishing, and re-machining. Photo: Stamping Mold Mockup. Mori Seiki NVD4000 Machine. 4 inches by 4 inches. 53 Hrc.
	NURBS based 3-axis solid machining NURBS based 3-axis surface machining Native STL file machining support Unlimited number of surfaces, solid bodies and faces NURBS based 5-axis solid and surface machining Pencil Tracing Re-machining and Step Roughing of stock
FreeForm Roughing... Rough machin any complex 3D shape. The FreeForm 3D Roughing cycle rough machines any complex 3D shape from any shape stock. Similar to the SolidMill Traditional Pocketing cycles, this 3D machining cycle performs zigzag and offset style rough machining on even the most complex set of 3D surfaces. Photo: Bottle Mold. Makino V33 Machine. 2 inches by 2 inches. 50 Hrc.
	Roughing - zigzag or offset from any shape stock using any boundaries and check surfaces
FreeForm Finishing... With cycle optimization. With the choice of seven different semi-finishing and finishing cycles you can easily create all the tool path necessary to machine your part. Use one cycle for your entire part, or optimize your machining by defining containment boundaries. Machine different zones of your part using the cycle and cutting style most appropriate. Photo: Forging Die. Mori Seiki NV6000 Machine. 12 inches by 8 inches. 38 Hrc.
	Finishing - Planar, Translation, Normal, Rotation, Offset, Parametric, Spiral on the entire part or a sub-section
Z-Level Machining... For roughing or finishing. This cycle identifies near vertical and near horizontal areas and allows the operator to choose different cutting strategies for each area. Z-Level Machining offers both roughing and finishing options using one or two tools in a single cycle. It is an excellent cycle for HSM, providing very smooth, continuous tool path. Photo: 5 axis Mold. Mori Seiki NMV5000 Machine. 8 inches by 8 inches. 34 Hrc.
	Z-Level machining, climb, conventional, uni-direction, bi-direction, optimized for near horizontal and near vertical zones
Rest Material Re-Machining... Automated machining of un-cut stock. Re-machining of uncut areas of your part is automated through the Rest Material cycle. Select a cutter and ESPRIT will automatically remove all possible remaining material using any one of a number of cutting styles. Choose from Pencil Tracing, Lace Cutting, Parallel Flowline, and Spiral movements. This maximizes part quality and minimizes bench work.
	Rest Material and automatic re-machining of un-cut areas with pencil tracing, parallel flowline, or spiral cutting
High Speed Machining... Built into every ESPRIT machining cycle. Every ESPRIT machining cycle includes a number of HSM options to insure the creation of smooth, continuous movements while maintaining constant loads on the cutting tools. Whether it is high Speed Machining to cut hardened materials, minimize cycle times, or both, ESPRIT supplies the tools to get the results you need. Choose from sharp corner smoothing, loop style bridge movements, ramp and helical entry into material, spiral style cutting with constant overlaps, tangency entry, constant Z-Level cutting, and many more. Included within the Universal Post Processor is HSM optimization for NURBS and Spline curve G-code output.
	High Speed Machining (HSM) support and G-code optimization High-speed solid simulation and verification including as-designed versus as-machined comparisons
Production Milling with 5-axis Machines... 5-axis capability for all ESPRIT milling cycles. There is no need to unwrap or wrap a 3D feature on a rotary part. ESPRIT will machine the feature in a 3D state, or flat, and wrap it for you. ESPRIT SolidMill Production adds 5-axis machining capability to all ESPRIT machining cycles. Use multiple work shifts with local or global coordinate systems to machine any face of a part, using any ESPRIT machining cycle. ESPRIT 5-axis indexing supports any combination of rotary tables and tilting heads to orient the part, followed by a 3-axis machining operation using one or more of the ESPRIT cycles. Three new machining cycles are available in this package: Rotary Wrap Contour Milling, Wrap Pocketing, and Wrap Drilling. With these cycles one of the standard 3-axis movements (X, Y, or Z) is converted into a rotary 4th axis movement, thereby wrapping a profile around a rotary axis.
	Rotary 4-axis simultaneous cycles 3D rotary machining directly from a solid model  4th and 5th axis index positioning used in conjunction with any machining cycles Also see our 5-axis Milling page