ModuleWorks News and Press Releases

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for toolpath generation and simulation, today announced the launch of www.ModuleWorks.jp, a Japanese language version of its recently launched website to showcase its range of components for 3-5 axis toolpath generation, verification and machine simulation.

The new content has been launched to coincide with the JIMTOF 2008 trade show which takes place in Tokyo, Japan from October 30th to November 4th where ModuleWorks and far-east agent, Tecnolinc, will be attending to meet customers and prospects

Yavuz Murtezaoglu, Managing Director for ModuleWorks comments “Our new website has been well received since the summer launch and we have now extended it to provide Japanese content in line with our visit to Japan for the JIMTOF show. “ He also commented on the high levels of interest from companies in the region for ModuleWorks’ products “Japan is home to many of the world’s largest Machine Tool and CAD/CAM vendors and there is strong interest in our multi-axis and simulation components from our current customers and a number of potential new partners.”

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for toolpath generation and simulation, announced the availability of a downloadable full chapter from the new book, ‘Secrets of 5-Axis machining’ on its recently re-launched website, www.moduleworks.com

The new book has been authored by 5-Axis machining specialist Karlo Apro, who has 30+ years experience in the CAD/CAM and manufacturing industries and is currently a senior application engineer at CNC Software, the developers of Mastercam

‘Secrets of 5-Axis machining’ is written from an unbiased viewpoint and with engineers in mind. It unveils the different techniques and challenges of 5-Axis machining with explanations of the different machine tools, machining strategies and CAD/CAM systems. The book contains many full colour examples and comes with a fully-featured multi-media CD with AVIs and fully interactive ModuleWorks Simulation examples

Karlo Apro, the author comments “5-Axis machining is a real growth area in manufacturing and many companies are now utilising the technology to remain competitive. My book is based on my own experiences of supporting 5-Axis machining and is designed to minimise the learning curve for new users and provide advanced tips and tricks for more experienced engineers”. He also talks about early response to the book “We had the first run of copies at the IMTS trade show and sold out well before the end of the show and we’ve had many more enquires since, so I’m delighted with the positive response.”

Read more about this on-site or buy the book online at Industrial Press or Amazon.

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for toolpath generation and simulation, is pleased to announce the latest release of its CAM components, version 2008.9. The new release debuted at the recent IMTS machine tool show in Chicago, USA and offers a wide range of new features across the product range, further expanding capability for 3-5 Axis toolpath creation and simulation.

The market leading 5-Axis component has been further refined with new options for tool control and collision avoidance, both critical factors with complex multi-axis machining. Improvements to the popular 3–5 Axis conversion strategies offer more flexibility and automated tilt calculation for efficient collision avoidance. This is especially useful for Mold and Die applications where this technique allows short series cutters to be employed, giving improved surface finish

The recently released 3-Axis machining component offers a new strategy for Flatland machining, an efficient production machining technique for prismatic solids. This strategy automatically detects all flat regions on the model and applies a finish toolpath to these areas. Other improvements include faster performance and new smoothing options for roughing to improve cutting conditions and allow higher feedrates to be employed

ModuleWorks Simulation includes powerful analysis tools and further productivity tools have been introduced with options to highlight height and/or rotary changes in the simulated toolpath. As with the machining components there are also significant performance improvements with the 2008.9 release

David Plater, Technical Director comments “We are very pleased with the reception the new software received from our partners and prospects at IMTS and believe we have produced a release with a balanced set of productivity and performance improvements to benefit all of our partners and customers around the world”.

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for toolpath generation and simulation, today announced it would showcase latest versions of its 3-5 Axis machining and simulation technology on booth D-3305 at the IMTS exhibition to be held in Chicago from 8th to 13th September

In addition to the latest release of its flagship product for 5-Axis simultaneous machining, ModuleWorks will also be showing new component technology for both 3-Axis machining and machining simulation

The new simulation component offers fast simulation of the machining process and includes full material removal and machine simulation options. ModuleWorks simulation has been designed with speed and ease of implementation in mind - David Plater, Technical Director comments “Simulation is an important aspect of the CAM programming and manufacturing process with customers expecting more and more of the prove out process to be carried out in a virtual environment within the CAM system and increasingly on the CNC control itself. Our simulation component offers a full range of visualisation and analytical tools to ensure maximum reliability, performance and productivity.”

ModuleWorks’ toolpath generation strategies have been extended to support a wide range of 3-Axis strategies to compliment their state-of-the-art 4- and 5-Axis multi-axis machining component. The new strategies include roughing and finishing with rest material detection and support for the latest high speed machining technology.

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for toolpath generation and simulation, today announced the launch of www.ModuleWorks.com, a new website to showcase its products for 3-5 axis toolpath generation, simulation and verification.

The new site has been designed from the ground up and includes a broad range of information on ModuleWorks products and industry applications supported with video and downloadable worked examples and presentations

In addition to showcasing its marketing leading 5-Axis simultaneous machining and simulation technology used by many of the leading CAM products, the new site also has information on its new plug-in components for toolpath verification and 3-Axis machining

Yavuz Murtezeoglu, Managing Director for ModuleWorks comments “Our new website shows our component technology for the CAD/CAM industry and is designed to provide in as much, or indeed as little, detail as required. The use of fully featured downloads are an innovative way to show the technology to a range of audiences and we see this being further developed and expanded as we move forward.”

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for toolpath generation and simulation, achieved a record year for sales growth and revenue in 2007.

Overall revenue increased over 60% on the previous year with more than 1000 seats of the flagship 5-Axis Simultaneous machining component shipped by ModuleWorks’ range of leading CAD/CAM industry partners. Sales of 5-Axis simultaneous component are now exceeding 200 units per month and are continuing to grow.

During the year, ModuleWorks was pleased to sign agreements with five new partners who will contribute to ongoing growth in 2008 as they begin to ship ModuleWorks machining and simulation components to the manufacturing industry

ModuleWorks continues to invest in machining and simulation technology and has grown it’s development team to more than 30 engineers at three European development centres. A new Technical Director, David Plater, was appointed to help lead the expanded development team

Managing Director, Yavuz Murtezaoglu comments “It has been an excellent year for ModuleWorks in terms of growth and revenue but also for product development. We reinvest more than 60% of revenue in product development and this has paid dividends with new components now coming online”. He also believes the growth curve will continue in 2008 despite harder economic conditions “Companies are still investing in manufacturing, especially in areas such as 5-Axis and Simulation where the productivity benefits can provide rapid return on investment. Our partners see continued demand in these areas and we will continue to invest in product development to support this”.

ModuleWorks, the leading provider of component software for 5-axis toolpath creation and Simulation, will be celebrating a record 1st half year at EMO 2007. During the year to June 2007, revenues have increased by 60% on the same period in 2006. Sales of end-user software are running at around 200 seats per month and are continuing to rise.

"EMO gives us a chance to celebrate the success of the early adopters of the ModuleWorks 5-axis component. Many booths we be showing our software and many of the machine tools will be driven by our software", said Yavuz Murtezaoglu, Managing Director at ModuleWorks.

In additions, we are happy to see the launch of two new 5-axis products based on the ModuleWorks toolpath generation component.

This is a very exciting time for ModuleWorks and we are very proud to be at the forefront of the adoption of 5-axis machines by mainstream manufacturing companies across a wide range of industries.

With the continued growth in sales of 5-axis machine tools, and with some new contracts already in place, rapid growth is already assured for the second half of this year and well into 2008.

Image courtesy of EMO

ModuleWorks, the leading provider of component software for 5-axis toolpath creation and Simulation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr David Plater as Technical Director. The appointment is a result of rapid expansion due to the success of the ModuleWorks 5-axis component software.

David was previously Development Director for EdgeCAM (Pathtrace/Planit) and over a 15-year career in the CAM software industry has also worked on market-leading software from MachineWorks (Lightworks) and PowerMill (Delcam).

Commenting on the appointment, Yavuz Murtezaoglu, Managing Director at ModuleWorks commented, "We are delighted to welcome David to the ModuleWorks team. His knowledge and experience will be very important as ModuleWorks continues to expand. In particular, having worked for a number of companies in the CAM industry, he is well placed to understand what a customer needs from a software component provider

Dr David Plater said, "I'm delighted to be joining ModuleWorks. Since establishing themselves as a major supplier of 5-axis machining software, they have set up a large, international, highly talented development team and the potential within the company is immense. I look forward to making a valuable contribution to the future success of the company."