Mr. Neil Kellaway

Neil Kellaway, a Haas manufacturing engineer involved with all aspects of production on the horizontal machining cells, describes this programming feature as "more than adequate."
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About 2 years ago, Mr. Kellaway and a team from the shop approached the software company about creating some specialized software to provide more flexibility and automation to the multi-part setup feature.The new software was delivered in mid-2002, and it provided a significant enhancement to how quickly and effectively Haas programmers can handle programming for its tombstone manufacturing operations.Mr. Kellaway estimates that the customized software has helped reduced programming time for tombstone machining in these cells by as much as 50 percent.More importantly, he says, the software has greatly increased confidence that the tombstone programs are error-free.
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In short, the company received a very efficient, very effective tool for handling the challenges of multi-part setup, says Mr. Kellaway.
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One of the biggest benefits of the plug-in, says Mr. Kellaway, are the enhancements to the simulation capability of the CAM software.
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According to Mr. Kellaway, the multi-part setup plug-in has enabled programmers to keep up with the cells' appetite for ready-to-process tombstones in extended periods of untended operation."The flexibility and efficiency of the plug-in lets us do this," he says.This is challenging, he explains, because Haas maintains one of the most dynamic product development programs in the industry.

Programming for the horizontal machining cells is handled predominantly with GibbsCAM. ... from Gibbs and Associates ... Neil Kellaway, a Haas manufacturing engineer involved with all aspects of production on the horizontal machining cells, describes this programming feature as ,more than adequate., ...

But as is often the case with the standard features in a CAM software package, the ,one size fits all, characteristic left Haas programmers wishing they had certain capabilities and functionality over and above what was available off the shelf.

About 2 years ago, Mr. Kellaway and a team from the shop approached Gibbs about creating some specialized software to provide more flexibility and automation to the multi-part setup feature.The new software was delivered in mid-2002, and it provided a significant enhancement to how quickly and effectively Haas programmers can handle programming for its tombstone manufacturing operations.Mr. Kellaway estimates that the customized software has helped reduced programming time for tombstone machining in these cells by as much as 50 percent.More importantly, he says, the software has greatly increased confidence that the tombstone programs are error-free. ...

So what did Haas get for its money? (It got the first copy of what is now an ,off the shelf, module called the GibbsCAM TMS or Tombstone Management System).In short, the company received a very efficient, very effective tool for handling the challenges of multi-part setup, says Mr. Kellaway.
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One of the biggest benefits of the plug-in, says Mr. Kellaway, are the enhancements to the simulation capability of the CAM software.
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According to Mr. Kellaway, the multi-part setup plug-in has enabled programmers to keep up with the cells, appetite for ready-to-process tombstones in extended periods of untended operation. ,The flexibility and efficiency of the plug-in lets us do this,, he says.This is challenging, he explains, because Haas maintains one of the most dynamic product development programs in the industry.