CAM Software for Motorsport

Speed and reliability matter on the race­track – and for machine tools, too. Manufacturers interested in producing high-end components should choose a high-end CAM system.

Whether they’re riding in race­cars or in motor­cycles, winning teams design and manufacture premium, o­pti­mi­zed components to meet a wide array of challenges. On the race­track, vehicles battle to out­pace one a­no­ther by hundredths of a second – there’s virtually no room for error. Similarly, component manufacturing calls for achieving the greatest dimensional accuracy, the highest sur­face qualities, and contour accuracy for free-form sur­faces, with­out making any compromises.
Motor­sport involve a particular challenge: Changes to vehicles must be quickly and flexibly implemented so that the teams riding them can start off the next race with better systems on board.

High-end milling

Racing-related applications typically involve challenging geo­metries for which a great deal of material needs to be machined. hyperMILL^® offers sophisticated high-speed cutting (HSC) and high-performance cutting (HPC) strategies that guarantee optimal roughing and finishing processes, even for material that is difficult to machine. This in turn ensures tool- and machine-friendly machining with high material removal rates. The unique 5‑axis HPC strategies from OPEN MIND make it possible for even the deepest cavities to be roughed as quickly as possible and with­out collisions using short clamped tools. The high-performance finishing mo­du­le of hyperMILL^® MAXX Machining achieves time savings of up to 90 percent, thanks to the use of barrel cutters. It also delivers perfect surfaces.

Automation using feature and macro techno­logy

Feature and macro techno­logy plays an important role in CAM automation that makes daily work easier for all programmers. hyperMILL^® recognizes features such as holes, threads and fittings automatically. These features can be used manually or automatically for NC programming. Macros that can be used to save en­ti­re machining sequences enormously reduce the amount of programming required. Programmers’ ma­nu­fac­tu­ring know­ledge is stored in the macro data­base and can be retrieved by all employees at any time. Users can quickly respond to geo­metry changes using this data­base. Thanks to standardization and automation, programmers also avoid possible application errors.

Maximum process reliability is a key to success

As it is for delivery times, so it is for race­tracks: Speed is decisive in motor­sport. Efficient manufacturing with absolute process reliability is necessary in order to uphold tight delivery dead­lines and deliver just in time.
When tool­paths are calculated with the hyperMILL^® CAM soft­ware, the collision check is already in­cor­po­ra­ted, and reliable simulation techno­logies make it possible to master the machining of complex 5‑axis integral components at any time.