Dan,
We are just getting started with the NCspeed here in the states. I am currently starting some evaluations of it and it looks like a solid product. For example I took a set of programs that a customer ran 487 hrs on the mill, ran it through NCspeed and it cut 128 hours off the machining time. It works on it's own stock model to "look ahead" and adjust the feedrates acordingly. I have attached a link you can look at if you are interested.
i have used ncspeed recently and it is a good tool, but very pricey |
This is not true at all. Yes this product costs money but if you can get a job off the machine 10 to 20% faster, how long do you think it is going to take to pay off something like that? It is about a third the cost of a WorkNC seat. Not only that but if you are programming multipule machines with one seat of WorkNC (which most everyone does) you mulitply the time savings by that ammount of machines. On average I expect this product to pay for itself in 7 to 14 weeks! But like I have said before on here don't take my word for it, just like all our products you can try it in your shop for free.
http://www.sescoi.com/us/products/wo...dules/ncspeed/