ITP Studio Mill is used to control the ITP range of milling systems.

Developed by ITP Group's team of software writers in direct response to feedback from  existing studio users.  ITP Studio Mills has  unique features that are not available on standard milling systems.

The ITP Studio Mill software focuses on what studios actually require from a software package for full studio model production whilst excluding the complexity of standard milling software interfaces,

The system’s ease of use and compact design reduces training time to less than 1 day and alleviates mistakes.

Main Features :-

• User-friendly display with large colour coded icons for ease of use in studio. Icons disabled when not available, with balloon tooltips on all buttons and dialogs and integrated Help. Easy to use, normal initial training period just 2 hours

• Accepts CNC programs generated from most CAD CAM packages eg Work NC, PowerMill, Tebis, Unigraphics & Catia

• CNC programs are checked for errors, machine boundary infringement and entirety before execution.

• 3D joystick control with axis locks, reverse operation, normal mode, slow mode and micron step mode for exact positioning

• Joystick control of program run, pause, resume, datum set, XYZ offsets & feedrate override allowing control ‘at the model’

• Manual Control allowing spindle On / Off, XYZ jog, XYZ park & XYZ move

• XYZ Axis directions and assignments can be set as required eg +X +Y +Z ® -Z +Y –X to allow for optimum part orientation

• Datum set in X / Y / Z axis to input values

• Program XYZ offsets can be adjusted during program run to correct for misalignment

• Cycle Pause / Start controls with spindle motor off during Cycle Pause

• User feedrate & spindle speed overrides

• Programs can be started from a specified line to allow for part run of programs and recovery from collisions

• User selectable surface finish modes - Fine / Semi / Rough

• Program status display showing : - part run duration sliding scale, run duration and time left, current line and total lines, max and percentage feedrate, max and percentage spindle speed, previous / current / next line and distance to go

• Disable motors mode to allow manual datum setting

• Spindle load monitor to slow feedrate when model ‘over clayed’

• Spindle stall monitor to protect CNC machine and model

• XYZ axis program search facility to find program start position

• Spindle start and stop delays for smooth operation

• Create Drill Program option to create a drill program from a curve in IGES / Text point file

• Mirror / swap axis & skim program utilities

• 2 axis head option to allow cutter tip orientation during / between programs

• Remote feedrate control option to allow machine operation outside safety barrier

• Password operation protection option for open studio environment

Want to know more?  Contact ITP Group Ltd for further information +44 (0)1788 570357

Axel Foundation CMM

Axel Lite CMM

Axel CNC CMM

Axel Offline Programming

Axel Surface CMM

Axel Pipe Wizard

For a document outlining the Key Differences Between Axel Lite And Axel Foundation CMM software, or to find out about all of the Features And Benefits Of Axel Lite CMM software, please contact ITP Group

For further information on any of ITP Group's CMM Software, or to request a full quotation, Contact ITP Group.

For a document outlining the Key Differences Between Axel Lite And Axel Foundation CMM software, or to find out about all of the Features And Benefits Of Axel Lite CMM software, please contact ITP Group

For further information on any of ITP Group's CMM Software, or to request a full quotation, Contact ITP Group.

Surface Inspection Software for CAD Generated Parts

Axel Surface Inspection CMM software adds surface inspection features to the standard Axel Foundation program, thus providing a truly integrated geometrical and surface measuring environment.

Axel Surface Inspection CMM software allows the user to measure complex shapes on manual CMMs, Measuring Arms or CNC CMMs. Results are then made available in numerical and graphical formats.

Axel Surface Inspection CMM Software Features:

• Part inspected against nominal CAD data
• Parametric / BSpline / Trimmed surface inspection
• Part alignment with 3D best-fit method, multi-entity or Reference Point System
• Surface point & surface edge inspection
• Graphical representation of surface errors
• Label / vector / colour coded representation of surface errors
• Adjustable search range & error magnification
• Rendered or wire-frame graphical views
• Mouse rotation / pan & zoom / view grid / adjustable shadows & lighting
• CAD feature interrogation & capture / layer & CAD entity control
• Metal thickness compensation
• Interfaces available to various CAD formats - DXF / IGES / CATIA v4 & v5 / ProEngineer / STEP / VDA

*Axel Foundation required in addition to this module

For further information on any of ITP Group's CMM Software, or to request a full quotation, Contact ITP Group.

For a document outlining the Key Differences Between Axel Lite And Axel Foundation CMM software, or to find out about all of the Features And Benefits Of Axel Lite CMM software, please contact ITP Group

For further information on any of ITP Group's CMM Software, or to request a full quotation, Contact ITP Group.

ITP Group have often been asked to outline the benefits of ITP Group Horizontal Arm coordinate measuring machines compared to Flexible Arm CMM Systems for the measurement of manipulated tube, pipe, wire or hose. At first glance a Flexible Arm CMM may seem a worthy alternative – they appear simple to use with non-contact technology. However, if it doesn’t measure accurately, and only does part of the job, are you sure that a Flexible Arm CMM is the right system for you?

ITP Group have developed software and hardware driven by our client requirements, and not only can ITP Group Horizontal Arm coordinate measuring machines inspect tube, wire & hose assemblies more accurately than Flexible Arm Systems, they can then go on to inspect the individual brackets, end fittings, ‘T’ sections and also tube fixtures.