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News Release from: Somatech | Subject: Archimedes
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 28 October 2005
2000-year-old maths aids screw design
The Archimedes solution can generate both the design and the NC code to produce complex transport worms or screws for product movement systems within minutes rather than days.
Developed by Somatech by integrating design and manufacturing with complex mathematics developed over 2000 years ago, the Archimedes solution can generate both the design and the NC code to produce complex transport worms or screws for product movement systems within minutes rather than days Primarily aimed at the packaging industry but easily applied to other industries such as construction the solution generates the end result in four easy steps, create the geometry, define the movement of the product, generation of the design and NC-code by the solution and finally validation of the NC code through simulation and output to the machine tool
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Malcolm Dearing, Somatech's Product Manager for Archimedes explains the benefits: "Archimedes has been developed in conjunction with industry to increase the flexibility of the design process whilst reducing the time and effort required to design, program, validate and produce a transport worm".
"Traditionally a long serial process involving a team of individuals each skilled in their own area can now be performed by one person in a matter of minutes with the flexibility to calculate what if scenarios easily and quickly".
"The benefits are achieved not only through the reduction in time and effort to define the transport worm but since the actual machined worm has better surface finish and highly accurate geometry matched to the product being transported the greatest benefit is the ability for the organisation to speed up the flow of the product through the transport system".
Archimedes uses Esprit CAM from DP Technology to provide the underlying NC programming, validation and tool management, but a separate user interface has been designed.
Dearing explains: "We developed a new user interface that focuses on the core requirements, that of transport worm design and NC code delivery this avoids the user having to understand the Esprit CAM system, design and manufacturing best practices for the transport worms so a new user can be productive within a very short space of time".
A demonstration CD outlining the benefits and giving a brief overview of the complete process is available on request.
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