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A Closer Look: Creating the Nike of Samothrace Statue
The Winged Victory or Nike of Samothrace is a statue prominently featured in The Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Mastercam recently teamed up with YASDA Precision, Mitsubishi Materials, and Methods Machine Tools to create an 11-inch replication of the famed 18-foot statue....
A Closer Look: Creating the Mastercam Gingerbread House with Hermle
Mastercam proudly teamed up with our partners at Hermle to create a gingerbread house to celebrate the winter holiday season....
Have You Tried These New Mastercam 2024 Multiaxis Features?
As more and more shops adopt multiaxis practices, we have invested more in improving our Multiaxis product. Explore these three new Mastercam 2024 Multiaxis tools, created with users like you in mind....
What the Mastercam-Robotmaster® Partnership Means for You
As of January 2023, robot programming tool Robotmaster® provides additional support for Mastercam CAD/CAM software products. Together, the two provide seamless integrated functionality between specialized, CNC machining-focused CAD/CAM programming and CAD/CAM robot programming. See how this...
Have You Tried These New Mastercam 2023 Multiaxis Features?
As more and more shops adopt ;multiaxis practices, we have invested more into improving our Multiaxis product. Explore these three new Mastercam 2023 Multiaxis tools, created with users like you in mind....
Multiaxis FAQs with Multiaxis Product Owner Dylan Gondyke
Dylan Gondyke is the Mastercam Multiaxis Product Owner. He grew up in Eastern, Connecticut and entered the manufacturing industry at the age of 16, where he was immediately drawn to programming and process automation. His early experiences during the technology shift of the mid-2000s spurred a...
5 Ways to Improve Productivity with 5-axis Machining
Multiaxis machining is defined by the motion of the cutting machine. A ;multiaxis machining ;center can move either its cutting tool or workpiece not only along the three basic linear axes (X, Y, and Z), it can also use the rotary axes (A, B, and/or C) around each of the linear axes. With 5-axis...
What are the Axes in 5-Axis Machining?
Five-axis machining is taking the machining world by storm, and for good reason. This type of manufacturing, in which computer numerical control is used to move cutting parts or tools along five different axes simultaneously, unlocks incredible potential for any shop. ;Five-axis machining ;reduces...
5 Common Multiaxis Myths
Few techniques are more touted or more feared in the subtractive manufacturing industry as ;multiaxis machining. Sometimes it can seem like it’s best to leave multiaxis to the big players—international aerospace manufacturers and giant defense shops—because it seems like they’re the only...