Camarillo, Calif. CAM industry innovator DP Technology Corp. has announced a new version of its pioneering flagship product ESPRIT 2016.

ESPRIT 2016 features a new innovative high speed lathe roughing strategy, called ProfitTurning that implements ESPRIT’s new Physics-Based Cutting Engine. While traditional cutting strategies only consider the geometry of the part, ProfitTurning creates

the toolpath considering multiple cutting factors and machine characteristics that impact machining performance. “ESPRIT 2016’s ProfitTurning remarkably improves chip control on hard materials, such as Titanium and Inconel. In addition, ProfitTurning reduces irregular cutting forces and vibration tendencies. The net result is a drastic reduction in cycle time, up to 50% more compared to traditional cutting methods”, said Cedric Simard, Global Marketing & Communication Director at DP Technology.

Simulation speed also plays a pivotal role in CAM software and ESPRIT continues to be at the forefront of accelerating simulation without compromising accuracy or stability. ESPRIT 2016 includes increased simulation speed and higher quality surface finishing saving the user valuable time.
Advanced Tool Settings in ESPRIT 2016 provide CAM programmers enhanced tool management solutions. Additional Barrel Tool Support has also been extended to cover more 5-axis and 3-axis cutting cycles. Furthermore, Cloud-Enabled ESPRIT supports the MachiningCloud APP, which enables users to retrieve ideal cutting tool solutions and import them directly into ESPRIT with ease.

ESPRIT 2016 also features enhanced CAD recognition functions to correct and detect any acute unseen defects in imported CAD models. In addition, users can now edit or remove fillets or even extract a spine curve from fillets as a tool drive curve in machining operations. The new Hole Feature Recognition features in ESPRIT 2016 include automatically recognizing different types of complex holes and names them accordingly. ESPRIT also measures the curvature angle of open holes, making complex drilling operations more accurate and productive.

Wire EDM improvements in ESPRIT 2016 make rough cutting easier and prolong tool life. The Optional Cut-Off Clearance in ESPRIT specifies additional clearance for cut-off moves to reduce the amount of grinding required. Another new Wire-EDM feature is the Optimize First Cut-Off, which protects the wire from rethreading where there is no pre-drilled thread hole.

Fluid 5-axis features in ESPRIT 2016 eliminates unwanted plunge-type moves in Swarf cycles, and smooths any concealed defects in Spiral Finishing part surfaces. The feed rate of Spiral Roughing can now also be increased for non-cutting moves to save cutting time. ESPRIT 2016 accelerates machining with increased simulation speed and innovative cutting strategies that save users programming time and optimize profits.

CAM industry innovator DP Technology Corp. is pleased to announce the release of a new version of its pioneering flagship product ESPRIT® 2015. ESPRIT helps increase productivity for a full range of machine tool applications by generating more efficient toolpaths while also saving time by providing substantial improvements in computer numerical control (CNC) programming productivity.

Besides increasing productivity, the release also provides many new and improved features specifically in the areas of intelligent machining, strategic machining, CAD-CAM data exchange and Cloud-Enabled CAM.

Intelligent Machining
Intelligent machining features in ESPRIT 2015 accelerates the machining process by providing new and unique 5-Axis cycles that reduce cycle time. This makes it possible to completely machine blades in a single setup. ESPRIT’s 5-Axis Blade Roughing tool motion is morphed across the blade from any size stock shape to uniformly offset stock allowance so it can be immediately followed by a finishing cycle.

“ESPRIT 2015 offers unique features in 5-axis to make complex machining more efficient, allowing users to have more tool path options with features like blade roughing and chamfering.” said Cedric Simard, Global Marketing & Communication Director of DP Technology. “ESPRIT 2015 blade roughing enables users to remove material down to uniform stock around the blade and eliminates the need to follow semi-finish cycles. Users in the aerospace, energy, medical and automotive industries will benefit the most from these time-saving operations for precision parts.”

The Port Roughing cycle, another intelligent machining improvement in ESPRIT 2015, is a brand new 5-Axis cycle. It creates a 5-axis roughing operation to remove the material inside an area where the tool must enter through a restricted opening. The shape of the toolpath is an offset of the port surfaces, starting at the surface and proceeding inward at a constant stepover.

Productivity Boost
ESPRIT 2015 also includes features that increase machining productivity. The new Bottom Up roughing strategy helps take ESPRIT’s ProfitMilling high speed material removal cycle to the next level. The new Bottom Up strategy lets you attain a small residual stock height during the stock removal process. Even more, it can be combined with ProfitMilling – our unique high-speed machining roughing technology – for a major improvement in overall productivity. ProfitMilling optimizes toolpaths with engagement angle, chip load, lateral cutter force and material removal rate to massively reduce cycle time and increase tool life.

Strategic machining
The strategic machining capabilities of ESPRIT 2015 have been expanded with completely redesigned stock automation capabilities for multi-tasking machines with mill, turn and drill capabilities. Available for the Facing, Contouring and Pocketing milling cycles, the new stock automation function maintains awareness of the stock removed by previous operations to generate cutting passes only in areas where stock remains. This function greatly reduces air cutting which in turn drastically reduces cycle time.

Additional strategic machining improvements have been made by providing support for slot mill tools in the Port Milling and Composite cycles. Slot mill tools save machining time on operations as tee-slotting and square shoulder milling and their geometry generates lower cutting forces in soft materials and unstable setups which increases tool life. Barrel-shaped cutters are now supported in 5-Axis Blade and Composite cycles. Barrel-shaped cutters provide a much better surface finish than ball end mills because their geometry provides a larger effective radius of engagement, resulting in smaller cusps between toolpaths.

CAD to CAM
New data exchange features in ESPRIT 2015 make it easier ever before to move information from your CAD system into the CAM environment. Three new geometry types — sketches, feature profiles and curves — are now available through ESPRIT FX data exchange from Dassault Systemes CATIA, Parametric Technology Pro/ENGINEER and Siemens NX/UG. The additional information obtained from these geometry types can be easily manipulated to cover complex areas for roughing operations or extend surfaces to get a better finish on edges.

ESPRIT 2015 provides another important improvement to shorten programming time by increasing the accuracy of automated feature recognition. The enhanced Auto Chain support for solid faces, loops and edges lets you create chain features directly on solid models. In addition, a redesigned wall feature recognition command automatically recognizes the upper and lower limits of walls, even tapered walls, in a solid model.

Cloud-Enabled CAM
ESPRIT 2015 allows you to select tools based on the features of your parts in minutes — saving you the drudgery of flipping through catalogs to find ideal tooling. With the ESPRIT MachiningCloud Connection, programmers have access to complete and up-to-date tooling product data, cutting hours of programming time by eliminating manual tool creation. ESPRIT 2015 simplifies the selection of cutting tools and automatically obtains the recommended ones.

About ESPRIT
ESPRIT is a high-performance computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system for a full range of machine tool applications. ESPRIT delivers powerful full-spectrum programming for 2–5 axis milling, 2–22 axis turning, 2–5 axis wire EDM, multitasking mill-turn machining and B-axis machine tools, and high-speed 3- and 5-axis machining.

To leverage best from the aerospace market and make its presence felt in the market, ESPRIT is all set to launch customized module for Aerospace and medical Industry at flagship exhibition Imtex 2015. The high-performance ESPRIT CAM SOFTWARE offers powerful programming for any CNC machine tool. The company will be showcasing from Stall A102-B, Hall 1B.

ESPRIT’s full-spectrum functionality includes programming for 2-5 axis milling, 2-22 axis turning, 2-5 axis wire EDM, multitasking mill-turn machining, and B-axis machine tools and special customized modules for Aerospace and Medical industry. ESPRIT’s universal post processor effortlessly creates the high-quality G-code customers need to fully exploit their machine tool investment. The high quality and accurate simulation engine of esprit helps them to avoid any kind collision on the machine and get full virtual production.

The launch of a separate Aerospace module from the ESPRIT Cam team focusing only on the aerospace parts customization and optimized production has been of a great benefit to customers providing them more flexibility. This module not only have features of swarf milling, contouring, composite cycles, Profit milling ,Blade machining etc , but also has automation features of Add Ins and KBM-knowledge base manager.

The module contains customized features. ESPRIT provides an integrated programming environment specifically designed for multitasking, multi-function CNC machine tools. ESPRIT supports any combination of independent, synchronized, and synchronous milling and turning utilizing any configuration of A, B, C, X, Y, and Z axes. ESPRIT’s five levels of functionality for 2–5 axis machining fully support your mill-turn needs, including milling with full, simultaneous 3-axis and 5-axis 3D multi-surface solid machining.

Capitalize on the power and flexibility of mill-turn machines with B-axis capability for precise 5-axis simultaneous and 5-axis index milling — on the front and back of any workpiece. ESPRIT’s full 5-axis control lets you easily program the non-perpendicular multi-axis tool movements required to machine the intricate features and compound angles of medical components, complex valves, tool holders, oil drilling tools, and the like. ESPRIT provides advanced 5-axis control for its machining cycles including facing, boring, grooving, threading, contouring, pocketing, hole making, and 3D finishing.

The best point of esprit users is that they get the contouring feature, Blade Machining of different size Impeller/Compressor valve machining features, B axis machining feature, Swarf Milling option and various Composite Cycles are provided to customer as a single package. This means customers will have to procure and learn the software module once for applying different features of esprit.

One of the main advantage of using esprit cam system for aerospace is the “Automation-through ESPRIT’S Knowledge base Manager” which helps the companies make all their process automatic and save lot of time in production. The production of similar components of different sizes can be done in esprit in just few clicks with minimal manual intervention. Esprit’s capability of providing Probing Cycles makes it unique in its own ways.

Comparing Esprit with other cam systems, On the Milling side, to perform wrap contouring and pocketing on the diameter, they need a 5axis cycle, so, it is more complicated to manage such operations for them but it is not the case with esprit.

Most of the cam software in the market can’t manage multiple channels, and so there is no synchronization. If the customer would like to use the head and the turret together on any multi-tasking machine, he should be in problems with use of any other cam systems, apart from esprit.

They don’t have the management of the sub-spindle and this is perhaps the strongest point for esprit. Others can’t manage tools mounted inclined and support for B axis turning which is the specialty of esprit.

With the growing trends in the manufacturing of India, Esprit cam software is definitely making its space in the higher end machining segments of users especially in the aerospace market. With worldwide success of having customers like Boeing, Quest Global,3 points Aviation,Hartwell etc , the success in India for the esprit cam software is bound to reach greater heights. With worldwide recognition and success, DP TECHNOLOGY is making its best efforts to make sure that the tag line of their company i.e. ESPRIT-THE RIGHT CHOICE, proves to be true for all customers in India also.

Anoka Technical College and DP Technology partner to prepare students for the metal-working industry

DP Technology, a leader and innovator in the computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) industry, is partnering with Anoka Technical College (Anoka Tech), located in Anoka, Minn., to launch an ESPRIT class to better prepare students for the machining industry.

A public open house will be held on Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. in Room 25, to honor DP Technology for their partnership.

In their effort to support academia, DP technology is donating an equivalent of $1.7 million retail value of ESPRIT licenses to equip Anoka Tech’s classrooms and instructors.

According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), manufacturing is a vital component to the workforce. The sector accounts for 13 percent of Minnesota’s private sector jobs and almost 15 percent of the private sector’s output. Unfortunately, DEED also reported that 45 percent of manufacturing businesses in the state indicate a shortage of qualified workers.

Anoka Tech is working hard to provide their students with the right technology that will prepare them for a competitive job market.

“Learning ESPRIT will give our students an advantage in the job market because the industry seems to be moving towards Multi-axis, Mill-turn, Swiss and Wire EDM” said Jesse Oldenburg, Machines Trade Instructor at Anoka Tech.

“Compared to other CAM software, ESPRIT handles these operations very well and it’s easy for machinists to grasp due to the fact that their interface is more intuitive.”

Sherry Butcher Wickstrom, Dean of Academic Affairs at Anoka Tech, is confident that students will now experience a smooth transition from the classroom to the workforce.

“This is all to provide the most realistic experience for our students as they are learning here” said Wickstrom. It’s a real simulation of what they’re going to encounter on the job.”

With customers all over the world in all types of industries, from aerospace to medical equipment, DP Technology is also concerned about the social impacts of new technologies.

“For us, it’s not just about making a donation” said Cedric Simard, Director of Global Marketing & Communication at DP Technology. It’s about preparing students for success in the metal-working industry and enabling them to develop the right skills.”

DP Technology, creator of ESPRIT® computer-aided-aided manufacturing software, has increased its ability to support diverse manufacturing demands throughout India, where it opened a new office just few years ago.

Specifically, the DP India team, which now serves more than 250 customers throughout the country, has seen a significant increase in the number of manufacturers who require a powerful CAM system in the disciplines of Swiss-style and multi-tasking machining.

Like the rest of the world, India has the multi-tasking machine tool market grow as manufacturers strive to remain competitive while manufacturing increasingly complex parts.

“Despite a recent slowdown in the Indian economy we see bright spots in manufacturers taking the time to implement more efficient manufacturing solutions. At the core of this is ESPRIT and its ability to provide the backbone for digital manufacturing pipeline solutions. We expect our sales growth to top 30% annually for the next several years.” – Mike Lauer, GM, Asia DP Technology.

To better serve customers, DP remains appraised of the latest developments in machine tools and tooling, and works directly with major manufacturers. Among those manufacturers is Sandvik, with which the DP India team collaborated for the IMTEX industry event, which took place this year in Bangalore. We also have a partnership with Kennametal worldwide.

“We have great relations with Mori Seiki, Yamazen, Mazak, Tornos, Biglia, Galaxy, Hardinge, and more,” said Vikash Singh, Sales and Marketing Manager for DP India. “We were also in their booths at IMTEX.”

To provide a platform for greater support, DP India introduced the ESPRIT Engineer On-Site, or EEO, Program — a program through which DP India engineers are placed within customer businesses permanently, where they act as their employees until the software is fully implemented and understood — and the customer is completely satisfied.

DP India supports a successful group of wire EDM customers, such Michelin, Escorts India, and Crompton Greaves. ESPRIT provides a universal EDM contouring cycle to machine any contoured mold, die, core, cavity, shape or profile.

This versatile machining cycle supports any number of straight or tapered rough and skim cuts while optimizing wire cutting paths. Strategies for all styles of EDM machining such as punch, die, multi-cavity parts, and unattended machining are included. Between cuts ESPRIT automatically handles all the necessary wire-cut and wire-thread instructions, and part-handling functions of the machine: flushing, tank fill, and tank drain.

Led by our Technical Manager Mohamed Maitheen, DP India’s experienced technical team delivers top-notch direct customer support and includes an application engineer, Harish Muralidharan, stationed permanently within the Mori Seiki facility in Bangalore. As such, DP India provides custom support for users of both Mori Seiki machine tools and ESPRIT software. DP India’s technical team, which also includes Application Engineer Shivanaga Prakash consists of engineers who have earned master’s degrees in manufacturing & Automation from IIT Madras, and who are able to combine practical experience with extensive knowledge. Each engineer has experience working with machine tools and live test cuts.

“We thank you very much for your prompt support for training our team ESPRIT -CAM software. Also, for our new (and urgent) part development, you delivered “SolidMill software and post processor” well within time. We could deliver samples to our Customer before the scheduled date of despatch. Once again, I thank you very much for your continual support and we expect the same for our future projects.” – Makarand Dharmadhikari, Manager- Production, Orchid India Medisolutions Pvt. Ltd.

In step with the revolutionary launch of ESPRIT® 2014 cloud-enabled CAM software, DP Technology Corp. continues to change the face of manufacturing in India, where it collaborates with other manufacturing industry leaders and empowers customers to machine complex parts more efficiently than ever before.

Partnerships newly forged on DP’s Indian front include a signed deal with Siemens whereby ESPRIT will be the only CAM software featured in the CNC-control manufacturer’s Bangalore-based technical center.

“We will be programming some complex parts, as well as conducting seminars and training,” said Vikash Singh, business development manager for DP Technology India. Esprit will be involved with all Indian machine manufacturers like LMW, Ace, BFW to develop some new functions and technologies for them to manufacturer complex parts and make their machines enter a different level.

In addition to significant upgrades in the areas of shop-floor collaboration, automation, tooling, overall productivity and simulation, CNC programmers are using the Machining Cloud Connection in ESPRIT 2014 to access current and comprehensive tooling data.This revolutionary new capability harnesses the power and accessibility of cloud computing to eliminate the hassle of searching through Web sites and printed catalogues to find ideal tooling.

DP Technology has seen notable growth in India’s medical sector, as manufacturers such as Gujarat and Pune, both of which employ complex machine tools to produce complicated, high-quality medical parts, are counted among ESPRIT users. Customers have developed some extremely difficult parts like bone screws, hip joints, knee joints with minimum cycle time.

Likewise, Chennai-based Bay-forge, an open die-forging company that supports the energy industry, has reported an overall improvement in production since the adoption of ESPRIT. Having conducted research on CAM software, Bay-forge implemented ESPRIT after hearing, by word of mouth, that the robust software is especially suited for high-end machines and products.

“There was a significant improvement in the production line after they started programing in ESPRIT, before which they programmed manually,” said Mr. Francis T Raja, assistant manager at Bay-forge. Among the functionalities built into ESPRIT, its automation capabilities and the ESPRIT KnowledgeBase are two that have proved particularly time-saving and lucrative for Bay-forge.

A global provider of products that support the growing demand for innovative energy solutions, the company strives to be ahead of the game in customer service as it produces parts like shafts, gear blanks, nozzles and more. Keeping its steep competition in mind, Bay-forge has embraced technologies, such as ESPRIT, that help it to streamline processes and increase efficiency.

“We are extremely happy with the kind of support and training ESPRIT has provided to us,” said Mr. Julian, M.D at Bay-forge. “Whenever we asked, the ESPRIT team was there to help our engineers, and I would like to maintain this relationship as we continue to explore the capabilities of ESPRIT. ”

ESPRIT 2014 cloud-enabled CAM simplifies the selection of cutting tools by offering a list of recommended tools based on machining features and sequences. Using the MachingCloud Connection, ESPRIT programmers are able to perform more accurate simulation with 3D models of tool components and assemblies downloaded from the cloud.

Likewise, Mr. Singh says, new automation, tooling, simulation and collaboration upgrades — as well as a host of additional enhancements that improve overall productivity by making the programming process quicker, easier and more efficient — set ESPRIT 2014 apart from both previous editions and its competitors.

DP Technology Corp., a leader in the field of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), is pleased to announce the release of ESPRIT® 2014, the newest version of its innovative ESPRIT flagship product.

ESPRIT includes productivity-enhancing technology for all CNC programmers and for all machining disciplines, and provides machining technology that ensures smarter, more efficient toolpath and new strategies for greater overall productivity.

In addition to increasing overall productivity, this latest version also includes a host of time-saving upgrades and enhancements that benefit our customers specifically in the areas of tooling, automation, simulation and shop-floor collaboration.
New Cloud-Enabled CAM Technology
With the ESPRIT MachiningCloud Connection, programmers can easily find the ideal tooling for any job and save time flipping through printed tooling catalogues. They can access complete and up-to-date cutting-tool product data and simultaneously improve collision-detection capabilities.
Offering new anti-collision technology that protects your machine-tools and the parts they produce, ESPRIT provides complete anti-collision models of tool assemblies that ensure the accuracy of toolpath generation, simulation and verification.

Tooling
Improved features for editing and numbering tools in ESPRIT simplify tool management and cut programming time.
Simplify the process of editing cutting tools and their parameters with the ESPRIT Tool Editor, which uses a single interface to edit the data of multiple cutting tools.
With ESPRIT’s enhanced ability to Renumber Tools by Operation, change tool numbers based on the order of operations in the Operations Manager, rather than the order of the tools in the Tool Manager.

Automation
ESPRIT’s automation features increase efficiency by eliminating repetitive and time-consuming tasks.
Sort milling and turning operations based on the start-point coordinates of each operation and user-defined sorting criteria using ESPRIT’s Advanced Operation Sorting.
With ESPRIT’s new Turning-Feature Recognition capability, programmers are able to generate features for turning operations automatically on both the left and right ends of a selected solid model or part profile, as features are assigned to one of two work coordinates that are created automatically.

Turning Work Coordinates in ESPRIT 2014 improves on previous versions of the function by adding support for B-axis turrets, coordinate rotation, and other options.
With the Custom Setting Caption Manager, assign meaningful caption names to the Custom Settings on tool and operation technology pages in ESPRIT. Post developers will find this especially useful because entire Custom Setting Caption schemes can be developed and distributed alongside the post processors that output those custom setting values.

Simulation
Powerful ESPRIT simulation and collision-detection tools allow you to see the whole picture and protect your machine-tool investment.

With the ESPRIT Station Solid Simulation functionality, run simulations that automatically hide and show solid models assigned to automatic tool changer stations in Machine Setup.

With the enhanced Jaw Spinner capabilities, simulate turning operations with dynamic spinning jaws to avoid collisions that would not be detected with the jaws in a stationary position.

Collaboration
ESPRIT’s improved data-sharing features make teamwork seamless on the shop floor.

The ESPRIT Excel Report Generator increases efficiency and seamless communication by exporting machining data from an ESPRIT document and into an organized, ready-to-print report in the form of a Microsoft® Excel® workbook.

With the new eMerge capabilities, ESPRIT programmers are able to export and import ESPRIT merge packages for merging selected supported elements from one ESPRIT file to another.
The ESPRIT Part Configuration Manager allows programmers to create and manage different part configurations, including the automatic suppression and un-suppression of machining operations, all within a single ESPRIT file.

Productivity
The enhanced editing, organizational and measurement features in ESPRIT aid in maximizing your simulation and programs for greater productivity.

The new ESPRIT Measure Plus feature maximizes programming time by quickly measuring distances without smashing solids or solid sub-elements to create geometry, enables programmers to easily finding relative local coordinates without manipulating the model, and much more.

The ESPRIT Solid Properties enhancement allows programmers to view the properties of solid models and solid sub-elements to perform additional analysis of solid faces.
With the ESPRIT Post-Test Automation feature, programmers can rest assured that modifications made to post .asc files are correct and did not cause undesirable changes to NC code output.

Tombstone programming is easier than ever with the ESPRIT Tombstone Manager, which defines a tombstone by the number of sides and then quickly duplicates parts, work coordinates, and operations. The Tombstone Manager makes it easy to program a single part and then make copies on multiple faces with multiple work coordinates.