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Racecar maker chooses ESPIRIT CAM for VMC
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Petty Enterprises will use ESPRIT CAM to write programming code for its HAAS V4 vertical machining centre, which is used to make several different kinds of parts for its racecars. Petty Enterprises will use ESPRIT CAM to write programming code for its HAAS V4 vertical machining centre, which is used to make several different kinds of parts for its racecars ESPIRIT CAM provider DP Technology has become an official sponsor and technology partner of Petty Enterprises, a NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) racing team based in North Carolina, USA DP Technology will sponsor two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing teams, namely the No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge and the No. 45 Marathon/Wells Fargo/PVA Dodge, owned and operated by Petty Enterprises. These two NASCAR teams are the eighth and ninth sponsored by DP Technology. Vice president of special projects for DP Technology, Bill Haas, said: "They came to us and wanted our software because they figured out it was the best software out there". Petty Enterprises said it had become unsatisfied with its previous CAM software owing to a: 'lack of improvements and growth versatility'. so the company was investigating various new CAM software packages when its engineers visited an ESPRIT booth at a machining industry trade show in North Carolina. Design engineer for Petty Enterprises, Bobby Turner, said: "While investigating, we also learned that an engineer in the office had used ESPRIT at a machine shop he worked at prior to Petty Enterprises". Petty Enterprises will use ESPRIT to write programming code for its HAAS V4 CNC vertical machining centre (VMC), which is used to machine several different kinds of parts for its racecars. The parts range from the chassis and suspension to the body; in other words: "Pretty much everything except engine components," said Turner. Petty Enterprises is implementing ESPRIT software, which will improve the production of parts for the racing teams' vehicles. "It should save us some time and money, which in turn will allow us to spend more time improving parts and spending money in other important areas," added Turner. * DP Technology and Petty Enterprises have opted to join forces through 2010 - technical director for Petty Enterprises, Derrick Finley, said: "We wanted to find software that would be easy to use, meet our current and future CNC needs, and have a support staff that could help us with training or any other technical assistance". He continued: "Out of the different CAM packages we investigated, we found ESPRIT to be the software that best fit these needs. The support and training we have had thus far has been phenomenal, and the people at ESPRIT have been a great pleasure to work with". The Web sites of DP Technology and Petty Enterprises will be linked so that visitors to each site will be able to access the partner site. * About ESPRIT - ESPRIT is a high-performance computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system for a full range of machine tool applications. ESPRIT delivers powerful full-spectrum programming for 2 - to 5-axis milling, 2 - to 22-axis turning, 2 - to 5-axis wire EDM, multitasking mill-turn machining and B-axis machine tools, and high-speed 3- and 5-axis machining. ESPRIT's high-performance capabilities include machining any part geometry (solid, surface, or wireframe), universal post processing to format G-code for virtually any machine tool, and solid simulation and verification with dry runs rendered in dynamic solids for optimal part quality and consistency. ESPRIT is 100% pure Windows, and provides a comfortable and familiar user interface for maximum productivity. * About DP Technology - DP Technology is a CAM software market leader with a mission to provide CNC programmers with the most powerful CAM software ever. DP Technology's flagship product, ESPRIT, captures the company's vision of technology's potential and its passion for excellence. DP Technology maintains its worldwide headquarters in Camarillo, California, USA, and product development teams in California and Florence, Italy. Sales and support operations are located in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/dpt/dpt158.html |
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