The Kipware BLOG

New KipwareM® Release – Tapered Trough 3D Menu

KipwareM® is the only conversational CNC programming software on the market that gives users the ability to create standard 3D shapes through the use of conversational, fill-in-the-blanks menus. As illustrated below, the KipwareM® 3D options include : Tapered Cone Tapered Hole Tapered Square / Rectangular Boss Tapered Square / Rectangular Pocket Horizontal & Vertical Troughs […]

New Kipware® SketchPad Release – Enhanced Cutter Comp Controls for Turning

Version 12.1.0 of the Kipware® SketchPad has been released and includes enhanced cutter compensation controls for turning. In some model Fanuc controls, errors can be generated when G41 / G42 commands are included inside a canned cycle contour profile. To assist user that need to employ cutter comp commands outside the canned cycle contour … […]

New KipwareQTE® Release – Auto Quotation and Invoice Numbers

Version 17.0.0 of KipwareQTE® has been released as of 9/30/2020. This version now includes the ability to configure KipwareQTE® to use auto quotation numbers and auto invoice numbers when creating these two reports. In addition … the user can configure these values to be auto incremented whenever the software closes. The first to set up this feature […]

New KipwareM® Release : O.D. Boss Contouring Menu

Kentech Inc. recently released version 20.0.0 of our KipwareM® – Conversational CNC Programming CAM for Milling. This new release includes a new contouring menu for O.D. square / rectangular bosses. The new menu allows the user to describe any chamfer, at any angle, or any radius on any corner of the boss. The chamfers / […]

New KipwareT® Release – Auto-Tool List Generation

We are pleased to announce the release of our auto-tool list creation feature for KipwareT® – Conversational CNC Programming Software for Turning. As the name describes, this feature will create a tool list for tools used in the currently developed program and includes for every tool in the program : Tool # Offset # User’s […]

New Enhanced Kipware® ONLINE MANUAL and VIDEO TRAINING Sites Up

Over the last months we have been hard at work enhancing and updating our video training site and adding a new OnLine Manual site that covers all Kipware® titles. We have updated and enhanced the internal, behind the scenes structure that will make it easier for us to add and update content on a more […]

New Release : Backturning Options in KipwareT® [ New Turning CNC CAM Conversational Features ]

Kentech Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Version 21.0.0 of our KipwareT® – Conversational CNC Programming Software for Turning. This version release includes (2) new backturning menu options for both STRAIGHT and TAPER turning.  STRAIGHT Backturning Menu TAPER Backturning Menu As with all KipwareT® conversational menus, these new menus offer the user multiple […]

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 […]