Five-axis Machining Offers Platform for Growth in 2010
Like many industries CAM had a rough time in 2009, with the global economic downturn taking its toll on the manufacturing industry just as it did many other fields. CIMdata reported that all but one of the largest companies in the CAM space saw non-existent or negative growth. (http://www.cimdata.com/news_events/press_release.html?press_release_ID=67) This low-growth trend continued despite attempts by several industry leaders to broaden the appeal of their products by increasing their connection to the growing PLM trend.
OPEN MIND Technologies, the one company CIMdata reported as showing growth last year attributed most of their progress to an early focus on five-axis machining and the ability to help customers implement the new hardware solution before it had really caught on.
To help readers better develop a grasp on this incredibly crucial part of the mechanical CAD industry, ConnectPress has compiled its 2010 Industry Spotlight on CAM to see how things are shaping out this year. This year’s compilation includes a number of case studies, reports and news discussing CAM developments in the new decade.
Delcam will launch the 2011 version of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM system at the IMTS exhibition to be held in Chicago from September 13th to 17th .
