Front row: Damon Smith, Kelton Lovell, Wallace Bolden
Mission Statement
CAMTech creates the integration between CAD/CAM systems and the CNC
machine which increase the overall efficiency of the current process.
CAMTech provides it's own software and tutorials for the various CAD/CAM
packages. The goal is to further the education of Maryland's engineering
students.
Project Overview
CAMTech is an industrious corporation established at the
University
of
Maryland to better the engineering of it's manufacturing department. The
current machining process consistes of a CNC machinewhich is not directly
connected with the computers that have CAD capabilities. As a result, in
order to machine a part, it must be designed in a CAD program and a CAM
file must be created in and external program. Then this CAM file must be
sent to a post processor to translate the APT code into G-code, the only
code the CNC machine accept. Then this G-code file must be transported,
by floppy disk, to a 1987 Zenith computer in order to sent the file to the
CNC machine. The is a tedious and cumbersome process which needs
improvement. To improve and update this process, CAMTech
has created a
software package named Computer Oriented Manufacturing Post
Processor
(COMPP). This program will integrate the CAD/CAM steps with the
CNC
machine. This will eliminate the outdated Zenith computer and the
necessity for a dry run on the CNC machine.
: Send comments or suggestions
toklovell@Glue.umd.edu