About Phil Masella

Phil Masella is the Marketing & Communications Manager at ICAM Technologies. He can be contacted at phil@icam.com for additional information pertaining to this news release.

How to defer coolant to the start of cutting

All the CAM systems supported by CAM-POST have the ability to control the coolant flow during machining. Each system uses specific parameters to control the coolant flow and to select various coolant options and pressures. Systems which output Cutter Location data use for this purpose the standard major word COOLNT; other systems generate information which [...]

2017-02-20T15:56:39+00:00November 4th, 2014|Categories: Tech Tips, Virtual Machine|

Triumph Aerostructures and the need for flexible post-processing

  Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc., is a leading global manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial, military and business jet aircraft. The company has full fabrication capabilities and available products include fuselages, wings, empennages, nacelles and helicopter cabins. The company’s customer base consists of the world’s leading aerospace OEMs. [...]

2020-01-13T14:14:36+00:00November 2nd, 2014|Categories: Client Applications, News, Partnerships|

Did you know that CAM-POST can automatically determine the CAM interface kit?

If you are using multiple CAM systems, CAM-POST can generally automatically determine the appropriate CAM interface kit based on the file extension and contents of the CLDATA file (e.g., aptsource, cls, nci…). Using the "Automatic" interface simplifies running CAM-POST, since you do not have to remember to manually switch CAM interfaces each time you [...]

2024-01-24T14:25:52+00:00October 28th, 2014|Categories: CAM-POST Developer, Tech Tips|

How to upgrade your current version of ICAM products to the latest version without a developer license?

1. Launch your current version of Gener (for example V19.0). 2. Click "Quick Start" on right side (in older versions, this button is labeled "DB manager"). 3. Right-click your database file and select "Upgrade…". 4. The system will automatically create a database file with the version number suffix appended to the name (e.g. xxxx_200.dbf). [...]

2019-05-23T13:36:13+00:00October 7th, 2014|Categories: Licensing, Tech Tips|

How to get the spindle output with a tool change

How to get the spindle output with a tool change This is a simple tool-change shutdown macro that starts the spindle immediately following the tool change, despite where the CAM system might actually output the SPINDL command. %L01=$FGET(SPINDL,0,$FGET(GOTO)) IF/%L01.GT.0 TAPEWT TAPEOP/DELETE,%L01 ENDOF/IF To have the spindle command output with the tool change, place the macro [...]

2024-01-24T14:26:16+00:00September 30th, 2014|Categories: CAM-POST Developer, Tech Tips|