Since 1986, over 20 years, Kentech Inc. has combined a unique blend of metal cutting, CNC, and machine shop experience with computer programming skill to develop an array of manufacturing software and machine shop software products for the metalworking industry. Using years of experience gained "in the trenches", Kentech Inc. is known for creating REAL WORLD solutions for machine shops. Our software is marketed under our KIPWARE® registered trademark and includes a variety of business software, conversational G code creation software, G code conversion software, CNC training software and shop floor utilities.

Our long and varied experience in metalworking environments ... cutting chips, CNC programming, CAD/CAM, engineering, machine repair, the business end ... gives us an unmatched view for software development and allows us to bring "real world" experience into all our applications.

Our machine shop, manufacturing and metalworking business software titles include our "first-to-market" business software. Since 1990, our KipwareQTE® software has helped all size manufacturers not only win more work ... but win more profitable work. Whereas most quoting / estimating software packages treat machining cycletime as a field input, we developed our KipwareCYC® software to be the only true machining cycletime estimating software package in the industry. We developed our KipwarePLN® scheduling software to simply and efficiently take the "quesstimating" out of scheduling and our KipwareTRK® software helps users target their quoting and estimating process for results that really reflect in their bottom line. Our Kipware® business software titles are real world applications ... developed and refined "in-the-trenches" in many different metalcutting environments ... that deliver real world results.

Using our chip making and CNC experience, we created the only true conversational CNC software for programming that is PC based, our KipwareM® (milling), KipwareT® (turning), KipwareEDM® (wire EDM) and KipwareJT® (waterjet & plasma) packages. These Kipware® titles are used every day by thousands of companies worldwide who realize that "Hey, CAD/CAM is great ... but sometimes it's just plain overkill and can slow down the programming process."

After all, simple milling, drilling, turning, grooving, threading and such is required in 90% of shops worldwide every day ... complex mold and die work, that requires CAD/CAM, is only done in 10% of worldwide shops.

Kentech Inc. is the pioneer and leader in G code text conversion software with our ground breaking KipwareXC® and Kipware® CNC XChange software packages. Our most popular Kipware® CNC XChange packages convert Fanuc G Code to Okuma OSP G code ... and REVERSE. Both milling and turning ( including live tool ) versions are available ... and all versions can include Fanuc Custom Macro to Okuma User Task ... and REVERSE ... conversions.

We are proud that our innovative thinking has led to conversion options that make shop floors worldwide operate more seamless and efficient.

Using our years of chipmaking, real world shop floor experience, we created the innovative PROTALK® CNC training software. Over the years we revised and enhanced it's content ... and now market it under our Kipware trademark under the title KipwareEDU®®. KipwareEDU® is a user-friendly program that allows users to learn at their own speed using a mix of IN-DEPTH TEXT explanations and 3D ANIMATION with VOICE. KipwareEDU® now goes beyond just CNC programming and operation training, our Fanuc Custom Macro B Version and Manufacturing Engineering Version will bring you or your shop personnel to the next level.

Protalk and KipwareEDU® are used by thousands of individuals, technical schools, instructors and corporations around the world.

Having lived in and cut chips on the shop floor, we knew the information we needed every day and the delays caused by not having it available or having to weed through screen after screen to find it. We developed our KipwareTB® machine shop toolbox software to put those formulas and calculations at the fingertips of chipmakers. And who doesn't need some trigonometry help now and then? ... and doesn't have time to run to the CAD/CAM guy for the answers? Our Trig Kalculator software helps everyone find the answers to simple trig problems to the complex arc-line-arc intersecting problems.