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 : Unlimited Grooving Options in Conversational OD ID Grooving Profiles [ Conversational CNC CAM for Turning ]
Creating corner chamfers and radii on OD or ID grooves can be a challenge. Whether programming these profiles manually or through a complex CAD/CAM package … hitting the correct dimensions and tolerances is a tough task. That’s why we have invested considerable time, effort and testing in the newest feature of our KipwareT® – Conversational […]
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 […]
Musings of an Artisan … Have Manufacturers Summoned the Demon?
I recently came across an article highlighting the thoughts of Elon Musk … one of my heroes … regarding artificial intelligence as he was addressing a symposium at MIT. In the article he compared the use of AI to the “summoning of a demon” and called it one of the “biggest threats to humans.” “With […]
KipwareXC® VS Re-Post VS Reposting
If you are in a real machine shop … with multiple CNC’s with multiple controls … you’ve run up against it. Control Incompatibility. The fact that G code formatted for one machine and control will not function on another machine with another control … and it causes havoc. G code has to either be re-posted […]
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 […]
Conversational C Axis Polar Interpolation for Live Tool [New Feature in KipwareT® ]
August 12, 2019 – New release Kentech Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Version 20.2.1 of KipwareT® along with Version 12.0.0 of the Kipware® SketchPad. These two new versions have enhanced C axis polar interpolation features for live tool turning centers. Although Y axis turning centers are the newer version of CNC lathes […]
New Conversational 3D Menu for KipwareM® [ Tapered Straight Edge ]
We are always following up on user requests. Our conversational 3D menus for KipwareM® have truly been a game changer for a lot of our clients … allowing them to create G code programs to machine “standard” 3D shapes like cones, troughs, curved surfaces, tapered holes, edges with radii and more … without having to […]
KipwareT® Conversational CNC Software – Enhanced Sub-Spindle Programming
Kentech Inc. is pleased to announce the release of new conversational CNC features for our KipwareT® – Conversational CNC Programming Software for turning. This latest release of Version 20.1.0 add enhanced conversational sub-spindle programming to KipwareT®. Each conversational menu now contains a checkbox through which the user can designate the operation as a SUB SPINDLE […]
Kipware® Conversational Programming Software – New 4 Axis Drilling Option Released
Kentech Inc. is pleased to announce the release of a new 4 axis DRILLING menu created in response to a customer request. As with all 4 axis conversatinal programming option … this new menu is available STANDARD with KipwareM® Version 19.5.0 as of April 22, 2019. Screen #1 – Cutting Parameters Initiating this programming menu […]
