Simplify the part-programming process, significantly increase part accuracy, and greatly reduce the length and complexity of your G-code program with ESPRIT.

Complete Machine Control
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.

Advanced Tapering
Easily program the complex tapers common to mold components, forming dies, and cutting tools with the advanced conics capability of ESPRIT’s contour cycle. When cutting a radius during tapering, built-in advanced conics allows you to alternate between cylindrical constant radius corners and conical constant taper corners. ESPRIT also provides independent programmable upper and lower radius control. While tapering into sharp corners, ESPRIT offers you the flexibility to maintain sharp corners top and bottom or machine a blended radius on the secondary plane.

4-axis Synchronized Machining
Quickly program parts with extremely complex tapers or completely independent freeform shapes, top and bottom, with ESPRIT’s XY (lower), UV (upper) 4-axis contouring cycle. Select any two three-dimensional profiles and the 4-axis cutting process is automatically synchronized; you can add an unlimited number of additional synchronization lines. ESPRIT adds tabs automatically and creates skim cuts for unattended machining. Get 4-axis programming for any geometric shape with any number of elements: 3D, non-planar, UV and XY profiles, and non-planar fixturing.

Efficient No-Core Cutting
Handling slugs efficiently during EDM machining becomes more difficult with decreasing workpiece size. ESPRIT provides a special EDM no-core pocket machining cycle to erode away all the material inside a given cavity without creating a slug. With no-core cutting, a start hole is drilled into the workpiece and ESPRIT recognizes and automatically machines only the slug, preventing wire breakage and minimizing machining time.

Factory-Certified Solutions
ESPRIT’s machine-specific EDM KnowledgeBase provides you with a full range of cutting features, automation, and factory-certified post processors to maximize performance. Readily access each EDM manufacturer’s unique cutting technology and methodologies through machine-specific technology pages.

ESPRIT is easy to use for quick jobs, yet packed with power to handle the most complex production milling work. Whether you are programming 2 1/2-axis parts or 5-axis machining, ESPRIT will give you the programming power you need and the ease-of-use you are looking for.

Production Milling with 5-axis Machines
ESPRIT SolidMill Production adds 5-axis machining capability to ESPRIT’s milling cycles. Programmers can use multiple fixture offset with local or global work coordinates to machine any part face, using any ESPRIT machining cycle. ESPRIT’s 5-axis indexing supports any combination of rotary tables and tilting heads to orient the part, then machines with 2 1/2 and 3-axis operations using one or more ESPRIT cycles.

Rotary Wrap Milling
ESPRIT rotary milling is performed directly from the 3D features of solid models or from flat 2D features. ESPRIT readily programs rotary contouring,pocketing and drilling utilizing a simultaneous 4th axis. ESPRIT converts one of the standard 3-axis movements (X, Y, or Z) into a rotary C-axis movement, wrapping the profile around a rotary axis and employing an optional Y-axis offset to ensure straight walls.

Roughing and Pocketing
ESPRIT’s pocketing cycle provides full tool control and extensive automation for roughing and finishing pockets. ESPRIT can dramatically simplify your programming whether you are machining straight-forward squares or complex pockets with irregular boundaries, multi-level islands, and multiple bosses and sub-pockets. The broad variety of pocket machining and finishing patterns provided by ESPRIT yields virtually unlimited options for your pocket milling needs.

Contouring
CNC programmers find ESPRIT’s contour machining cycle a flexible and powerful tool for a variety of machining applications, ideal for profile cutting, roughing, slotting, semi- finishing and finishing straight or tapered walls with constant or variable cutting depths. Simply set
your machining parameters and ESPRIT will read the feature properties required to create the toolpath for cutting any geometry. For more comprehensive tool control, ESPRIT will manage individual tool movements while providing you control over individual machining parameters at any point during the cut.

Rest Machining
ESPRIT’s intelligent rest machining cutting cycle automatically recognizes the machining operations and cutting tools associated with a
given part feature, compares the workpiece ‘as machined’ to the original part ‘as designed’, and automatically performs pocketing and contouring of the uncut areas of remaining material. ESPRIT programmers use the rest machining cycle to easily perform roughing and pre-finishing work with optimal cutting tool choices.

Drilling and Hole Making
For drilling and hole making, choose between ESPRIT’s machining cycles and your machine tool’s canned cycles,or use a combination of both. Cut complex holes that require multiple cycles and tools in a single step with ESPRIT. Using the Process manager, in one step you can spot drill with chamfer, through drill, counter bore, and ream a set of holes. ESPRIT’s thread milling machining cycle gives you the ability to machine internal or external right- or left-hand threads, and ESPRIT’s spiraling cycle is ideal for milling holes. ESPRIT automatically generates optimized toolpaths, minimizing cycle time.

Custom Machining Cycles
ESPRIT’s custom machining cycles give you complete control over individual cutting tool movements. With ESPRIT’s insert technology function you can adjust machining parameters within a machining cycle at any point during the cut, and the custom cycle gives you the option of inserting commands, in-line G-code,and special cutting tool movements at any point in the CNC program. ESPRIT gives you the power to pause the cutting process and retract the cutting tool for part or tool inspection with the park function and graphically edit the toolpath with the toolpath editor.

Multi-Tasking machine tools with mill, turn, and drill capabilities are increasingly popular in metalworking today. These sophisticated machines allow manufacturers to perform simultaneous milling and turning operations, on the front and back of a part, in a single setup. Mill-turn machines represent an enormous potential for profitability, but possess inherent programming challenges due to their complexity. The right CAM system is a key factor for success in the mill-turn equation. It’s a critical choice that determines the ultimate productivity of your machine investment.

Pre-packaged Software Solution
ESPRIT delivers a fresh, out-of-the-box approach to solving the issues that arise with programming complex multitasking machines, such as the writing of the machine-specific post processors and machine definition. Imagine programming your multitasking machine with a complete, pre-configured solution— developed in cooperation with the machine tool builders and tested extensively at the factory level. ESPRIT’s mill-turn prowess is the ultimate result of a collaboration with machine builders and DP’s focused software development for this specific class of machine tools. Trust ESPRIT to unlock the potential of your multitasking machine.

Comprehensive Multitasking Machining
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.

Flexible B-axis Programming
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.

Turning, Milling, and Drilling Functionality
Unleash the multitasking functionality of your machine with ESPRIT’s C and Y mill-turn capability, combining turning, milling, and drilling machining operations in one G-code program. ESPRIT features five levels of C and Y-axis machining functionality providing support for a full range of multitasking machine tools. Choose from milling contour and profile cutting, pocketing, or a variety of drilling machining cycles. Perform 2 1/2-axis milling operations on your lathe using Z, X, and C, or Z, X, and Y axes. Slotting and cross drilling is easy when you can “wrap” pockets, holes and profiles around a rotary C-axis movement. For off-center, Y-axis milling, ESPRIT gives you an extensive set of milling cycles including facing, pocketing, contouring, rest machining, hole making and more. Use these cycles on the C, Y, and B axes to machine features at compound angles on the part face, ID, or OD.

Full Synchronization and Verification
Optimize, synchronize, and verify your multitasking machining with ESPRIT’s fully integrated solid simulation. ESPRIT readily simulates any combination of mill-turn (2-5 axis) and turning cutting cycles, multiple spindles, multiple turrets — up to 22-axes — in one display. View a combined listing of all your milling and turning operations and their associated cycle times. You will have a realistic verification of how the part is machined eliminating any potential machine crashes along with the ability to move, copy, edit, and synchronize your operations to minimize your cycle times.