The latest Esprit 4.6 from DP Technology includes features such as turning tool-path enhancements, support for contour-type features in pocketing, automatic tool orientation for five-axis tool paths, improved support for multi-spindle and multi-channel machines, and a new connection to the Machining Cloud tool catalogue.

Enhancements to the turning cycles reduce perishable tooling consumption, minimise intervention from the machine-tool operator by creating more predictable machining processes and reduce the need for manual NC code editing, further improving user efficiency.

The new support for contour-type features in pocketing allows users to exploit Esprit’s ProfitMilling cycle to rough-out a profile without creating extra boundary geometry, while five-axis composite automatic tool orientation is a new programming method for the composite cycle.
“This is a big leap forward for simplifying five-axis programming and improving tool-path continuity,” says Yijun Fan, director of product marketing at DP Technology. “It makes it much easier to program five-axis composite components, especially in parts with hard-to-reach areas.”
Automatic orientation gives precedence to tool-path continuity, creating a better surface finish on a completed part.

Esprit 4.6 also enables support for multi-spindle machines featuring an off-centre sub-spindle with an X-axis slide, including machines with a tailstock and sub-spindle mounted on the same X-axis slide. Multi-channel machines are controllable with a new interactive method that synchronises motions within a cycle.

Machining Cloud is the fastest way to find, select and assemble tools from leading tool manufacturers. Esprit improves the connection to Machining Cloud with a simplified workflow, and via the introduction of a new job manager for full control over the import of tool assemblies.

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