VoluMill

Manufacturing software

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VoluMill
A 3-axis high speed roughing toolpath shown in VoluMill Universal
Developer(s)	Celeritive
Operating system	Windows
Type	CAM High Speed Machining / Ultra High Performance Toolpath
License	Proprietary
Website	VoluMill website

VoluMill is Computer Aided Manufacturing software developed by Celeritive Technologies that produces a toolpath designed for High Speed Machining applications. These applications include all 2-axis and 3-axis rough milling tasks, from simple prismatic parts to complex freeform molds. VoluMill is offered as a standalone version called VoluMill Universal, which is designed to work with any CAM system, and also as integrated versions that run inside hyperMILL, GibbsCAM,^[1] BobCAD-CAM, SigmaNEST, Mastercam, and NX (Unigraphics), RTM (Lemoine Technologies)

VoluMill was created to address the four problem areas of traditional toolpaths:^[2]

The initial full cut into the material
Stepping over between cuts
Feeding into new areas of the part
Overloading in corners

References

^ "Gibbs and Associates Partners with Celeritive Technologies by Desktop Engineering". Deskeng.com. 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
^ "Fabricating and Metalworking | TOOL PATHS: WEAK LINK NO MORE". Fandmmag.com. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2013-10-19.