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    If you intend to buy a numerical control machine, you will need a programing system. The UniCAM will help your enterprise to improve your product quality, program more quickly and solve complex problems easily.
    The objective of answering these frequent answered questions is due to the fact that, for more than 15 years, they are asked by potential customers, after obtaining their first CNC machine.

Frequently asked questions:

What are the main differences between the manual programing and with the UniCAM?
Can I use the UniCAM before the machine arrival?
Can I program dirctly in the CNC?
Can I convert the already made programs to the machine which is being acquird?
Can I use the UniCAM to facilitate the budget making?
I make serial parts. Do I need acquire the UniCAM?

What are the main differences between the manual programing and with the UniCAM?

With the manual programing and without a transmission system, the programer must:

1- make manualy all the calculus referring to the tool positions (errors in this phase will only be seen in the machine).
2 - enter the program in the CNC and in that case, entry errors may occur (errors in this phase will only be seen during the program test).
3 - test the program step by step (if there are errors, return to step 1 or 2).
In all the 3 phases, the machine is not producing. The value of these idle hours sum, the UniCAM pays in one month.
With the UniCAM:
1- all the calculi referring to tool positions, tool cut data,program optimization and machining
realistic visualization are performed by the UniCAM, while the machine is producing.
2 - drawings errors, rounded values, tolerances, etc are detected and solved by the UniCAM, still in this phase.
3 - using the data transmission system between the computer and the CNC machine, in some seconds, the program is transmitted to the CNC machine, without errors.
4 - the test phase in the machine aims to zero the tools, as all the positions were already seen in the programing phase.


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Can I use the UniCAM before the machine arrival ?

    Yes, sure. When the machine is installed, you will already have several programs, ready to machine. Try out, machining parts that are used by your enterprise.

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Can I program directly in the CNC ?

    Some numerical commands offer this resource, have several macro instructions and use readiness. They surely solve simple problems.
    But when programing in an industrial environment, with the programer exposed to noise, not well installed, the result is catastrophic.
   The loss of attention, inherent in the environment,  leads to reading and design interpretation errors, difficults the acquisition of cut data concerning the tool and material, causing errors in the part, collision risk and as a result, the machine comes to a stop during this process.
 
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Can  I convert the already made programs to the machine which is being acquired ?

     If you are going to use the manual programing, it is better not to try to convert them, since the conversion will be hardly performed. You should make the program again.
   With the UniCAM, besides the program generation standardization, the programs designed for a machine serve any other machine, independent of manufacturer and CNC. The conversion is made by the post-processor, preventing the programer from studying another language, with a time loss.
    The machine begins to produce immediately after its installation.

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Can I use the UniCAM  to facilitate the budget making ?

    Yes. The generation of a manufacturing process in the UniCAM is very rapid. The system calculates the machining time of each tool and the total time.
   You can valuate, take notes and print a document. If the order is approved, the programs will be ready.

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I make serial parts. Do I need acquire the UniCAM ?

    No. If you utilize a few programs in your machine, there is no need for you to acquire a programing system. In that case, ask your machine manufacturer to provide the already made programs for you or use an UniCAM temporary license and make your programs without any cost.

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