The Kipware BLOG

CAD/CAM Overkill is COSTING Your MONEY !!

LET’s GET REAL … Over reliance on complex #CADCAM is BLOWING UP your skills gap … keeping qualified people out of your everyday #Gcode generation … and slowing down your #machineshop output. Not every job requires complex #CADCAM nor CAD/CAM experience. Realizing this and adding #KIPWARE Conversational Advanced #CAM to your #CNC programming arsenal is […]

KipwareM® – Auto-Chamfering is a Game Changer !!

Chamfering holes, pockets, bosses or any other shape just got a ton easier and faster in KipwareM … Conversational Advanced #CAM for #CNCMilling. . Create chamfer defaults for feeds, speeds, depths, cutting conditions, and more … than generate auto #Gcode with a SINGLE BUTTON PUSH !! NO #CAD … NO drawing … NO G code […]

New KipwareM® Release – AUTO CHAMFERING

Kentech Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Version 25.0.0 of KipwareM® – Conversational Advanced CAM for MILLING. This release includes the new AUTO CHAMFERING feature which allows users to create chamfering toolpaths for multiple types of shapes with just a single button push. Below is a in-depth video with more details : Here […]

There’s a NEW MEANING for the Acronym CAD/CAM …

The success of Kipware® conversational CNC programming software … conversational CAM … has meant a new meaning has been given to the acronym CAD/CAM. NO LONGER is creating a DRAWING the start point for CNC programming . In fact, NO LONGER is the entire CNC programming process driven by a drawing. Kipware® conversational has taken […]

The DUMBING DOWN of the CNC Machine Shop

Many people believe that the rise of CAD/CAM has also meant the dumbing down of the machine shop. CAD/CAM operators do not have to be chip making machinists … the only requirement is to know how to operate the CAD/CAM system. As result whatever method the CAD/CAM system comes up with is the method of […]

Why Using a CAD/CAM ONLY Model Puts Your CNC Programming at Risk

It may seem that your current CNC programming is comfortable with your CAD/CAM system and can “whip up” new G code in no time. But think about the long term … think about these points : Your CNC programming is at the mercy of your CAD/CAM system. You need to pay any monthly / yearly […]

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 / […]

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 […]