New Length of Cut Calculators for CLC [ New Release ]
We have been touting for years that calculating the amount of time a tool is actually engaged in the cut is the best method to use when calculating machining cycletime. Cycletime based on things like “volume of material removed” are not as accurate as using length of cut … and we all know that if […]
New MRP Features Released for KipwareQTE® [ Simple MRP and Cost Comparison for Machine Shop Estimating ]
Kentech Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Version 16.0.0 of our KipwareQTE® – Machine Shop Job Costing and Estimating Software. With Version 16 we have moved beyond just quoting and estimating and have included optional modules that integrate with KipwareQTE® to provide cost review and analysis as well as real time material resource […]
The Story of Kipware® [Why we created our REAL WORLD CNC Software]
Our story ( really my story ) is most likely very close to your story. Started out as a machinist … working on the shop floor running manual machinery … lathes, millers, grinders, planers … basically any machine tool you can imagine. Worked up to Class “A” Machinist … Tool & Die maker … working […]
New KentechInc.com Website Launched
With an internet based business … your website is your company. It is your “brick and mortar store”. So it’s gotta be good !! Kentech Inc. has been business since 1986 … and launched the first version of www.KentechInc.com around 1989. Since then it has gone through quite a few versions as we try to […]
Kentech Welcomes TAI – Turkish Aerospace Industries to the Kipware® Family
November 22, 2017 Kentech Inc. is pleased to welcome TAI – Turkish Aerospace Industries to the KipwareCYC® ( machining cycletime estimating ) family. Their impressive story and credentials are outlined on Wikipedia … Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) (Turkish: Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayi A.Ş., TUSAŞ) is the center of technology in design, development, manufacturing, integration of […]
X-Carve Programming and KipwareM®
As we continue to ramp up our sister woodworking company … KÄRV … we continue to demonstrate and prove our mantras for our Kipware® machine shop software. Metalworking operations … woodworking operations … both have a lot of similarities and requirements and we continue to prove our Kipware® real world machine shop design and features in our […]
Cost Estimating for a Wooden Plaque with KipwareQTE®
If you have followed our Blog … you might know that back in October of 2015 we started a sister company to Kentech Inc. called KÄRV. KÄRV is a woodworking business … is just getting started … and will be producing custom, handmade furniture and unique wood carvings for resale. www.KarvWoodworking.com We are using the […]
Keys When Estimating Machining Cycletime
At Kentech Inc., we have spent a lot of time over the last 25+ years working and perfecting our KipwareCYC® – Machining Cycletime Estimating Software. KipwareCYC® started out as a resource for estimating cycletimes for machine purchase justification. Clients would come to us with the request to estimate machining time based on equipment they were considering […]
We’re taking our talents to …
After 30+ years in the metalworking industry … we are about to expand our scope as I TAKE MY TALENTS TO … WOOD !! On October 22, 2016 … KÄRV was born !! Personally I have been dabbling in woodworking for quite a while and I felt the time had come to take it to the […]
Guidelines for Calculating Machine HOURLY RATE
We tout this fact all the time in our marketing … at Kentech Inc. we are MACHINISTS … we cut chips, we programmed, we ran shop floors for years … then we became software engineers and designers and built software products we saw were lacking during those years. What we refer to as Real World Machine Shop Software. […]
