Setting the standard for advanced 3D CAM software
NCG CAM Solutions Ltd is bucking the trend to
downsize, due to growing interest in our NCG CAM
software ( www.ncgcam.com ).
Additional Software Developer
At the start of August 2020, an additional Software
Developer, Joe Ding, joined our team.
Joe recently completed a Master of Engineering
Degree - Information & Computing Engineering at
Kings College, Cambridge, UK.
Whilst completing this course, Joe had a Student
Placement at NCG CAM Solutions Ltd during the
holidays for a few years, where Joe proved to be a
perfect fit for our team, so we snapped him up on
completion of his Degree.
Sales & Marketing Administrator
At the start of November 2020, we have a Sales &
Marketing Administrator, Taisha Dunsmuir ( yes, it is
Estelle’s youngest Daughter..!) starting with us.
Taisha recently successfully completed a Business
Administration Level 2 Apprenticeship and is now
joining our very busy Sales Office.
Sales & Marketing Administrator
Pre-Sales Application Engineer
In the middle of November 2020, we have a new Pre-
sales Application Engineer, Ian Llewellyn finally
coming back to join our team.
Ian previously worked with us at NC Graphics
(Cambridge) Ltd and has since worked for various
other CAD / CAM companies.
Ian will primarily be focused on giving high level Pre-
sales Technical Support to our global network of
Resellers, Tooling and Machine Tool Partners.
Ian’s skills, experience and personality make him a
great addition to our team. Welcome home Ian!!
Company Newsletter2020
New Employees at NCG CAM Solutions Ltd
Above – Ian Llewellyn
NCG CAM Solutions Ltd is now a Trading Partner with Siemens Financial Services and can directly offer
Finance to Customers and Prospects interested in purchasing new licenses of NCG CAM software.
The benefits to our Customers: https://www.ncgcam.com/finance/
✓ Able to spread the cost via a tailored finance solution for software across 1 to 5 years, with Software
Maintenance built into this period
✓ An instant decision and costing is made on Finance up to £100,000 via an electronic finance tool
✓ No need to search around for finance options as not many companies finance software
✓ Provides affordable pricing for a Perpetual based licensed solution
✓ Payments can be made either by Quarterly or Monthly Direct Debit
Competitive Rates
Don’t delay.. call today for your no obligation quotation.
More information contact Estelle Dunsmuir: [email protected]
Finance
Now
Available in
the UK
Ian Llewellyn
has come
home!!
Now Offering Finance Solutions in the UK
http://www.ncgcam.com/https://www.ncgcam.com/finance/mailto:[email protected]?subject=Enquiry%20from%20NCG%20CAM%20Newsletter%202
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Originally launched 20 years ago, our CAM software now called NCG CAM, has a long standing reputation in
many countries for advanced 3D milling.
Whilst we do have a Subscription option in some countries, our main license type is Perpetual and we
have no intention to change this.
NCG CAM is also designed to work standalone on a dedicated computer, rather than being Cloud based. This is
more efficient for complex calculations on large amounts of data and is far more secure.
Are You a CAM Software User Unhappy with being Forced
Down the Subscription or Cloud Route? Then Read On..
Due to increasing numbers of Customers looking for
powerful, reliable, easy to use, Perpetual Licensed
CAM software to replace their existing Subscription
Licenses, our global Reseller base is rapidly
expanding. Here we introduce a few important new
Distributors / Resellers.
Firstly, Satis Solutions Ltd, UK, headed by Steve Creron
(www.satissolutions.co.uk ). Steve is well known in the
UK, having headed up a certain CAM company.
Satis Solutions provide complete CAD CAM solutions and
can also advise on what solutions are best for the
Customer depending upon their industry sector and plant
list. With over 30 years personal experience in the CAM
industry they can identify the best solutions.
They have also invested heavily in the manufacture of
UVC light sanitising solutions that allows Customers to
sanitise their equipment using state of the art lighting
technology; ideal for Machine Tool controls and all
computer equipment.
Welcome aboard Steve Creron and your team !!
Camplex Pty Ltd, (https://www.camplex.com.au/) ,
headed by Fred Carlstrom has joined us to sell NCG CAM
across Australia and New Zealand.
Fred and his team are very well known in the CAM market
in ANZ, having sold a certain CAM product for a number
of years. Camplex also sells CNC milling and engraving
machines, as well as 3D printers and cutters.
Welcome aboard Fred Carlstrom and your team!!
Business Consulting Center, based in Poland, is a
new Distributor for EMEA, with Resellers set up so far
in Russia, Romania and Poland (www.t-bcc.com).
Also a new Reseller for Poland, AMS International
Sp. Z. o. o. (www.i-ams.com ); both companies are
headed by Adam Barycki who has joined us to sell
NCG CAM across the Emerging Geographies region.
Adam and his team are very well known in the CAM
market across EMEA, having sold a certain CAM
product for many years.
Welcome aboard Adam Barycki and your team !!
Trispiro Numeric Services PLT, headed by Chee
Wai Chung, has joined us to sell NCG CAM across
Malaysia & Singapore.
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/chee-wai-chung-67b66220/)
Chung and his team are very well known in the CAM
market especially in Malaysia, having sold a certain
CAM product for many years.
Welcome aboard Chee Wai Chung and your team !
It is an exciting time, as our winning team expands
further, providing a Top Class solution for
complex 3D CAM software (www.ncgcam.com ).
New NCG CAM Resellers
Right – Chee Wai Chung,Trispiro Numeric Serves PLT
Left – Adam Barycki,Business Consulting Center
Left – Fred Carlstrom,
Camplex Pty Ltd
Right – Steve Creron,Satis Solutions Ltd
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Rotation Mode in Project Settings
An option for “Rotation Model” has been added to the
Project Settings.
The Control Options dialog also includes an
additional option when setting the Rotation Model.
When using the Advanced Option to create a
Boundary or Machining Passes, the Rotation Model
can be set as ‘Apply project setting rotation’, ‘Apply
current view rotation’, or ‘None’.
Detect Holes – Smallest Section
The listed Diameter for a hole is now always the size
of the smallest part.
Previously the Diameter of the last section would be
used.
This also affects the default drill size when creating
the Drilling Cycle.
Drilling Holes on Multiple Axis
Compound Drilling Cycles have been added to simplify
the drilling of composite holes and can be used with
the Hole Shapes Database.
Points and Curves from SOLIDWORKS /
Parasolid
NCG CAM now has Add-on CAD Translators available
for CATIA V5 R29 and Siemens NX 1847 to Siemens
NX 1867.
These are Add-on Translators, which are chargeable;
prices are available on request.
Improve Graphics Performance
The graphics in NCG CAM have been rewritten to give
speed improvements to dynamic rotations, particularly
for models that contain extremely large numbers of
triangles.
This will increase the speed of displaying geometry on
screen when it is rotated or translated, etc.
Remove Drilling Data from Drilling Data Folders
The editing of Drilling Data Plans is now consistent
with the editing of Points Plans. The ‘Add Drilling Data’
dialog now works modeless.
Drilling Data plans can now be organised into new
Drilling data folders.
Development Projects Delivered in NCG CAM
Version 17.0 Point Releases
Continued on Page 5.
Above – Listed Diameter for a hole.
Above – Translator Menu.
Above – Rotation Model Option.
Above – Drilling holes on Multiple Axis.
Compound
Drilling
Cycles
NCG CAM Machine Tool & Tooling Partners
RP Technologies initially had 1 x seat of NCG CAM,
but when the time came to review their CAM
software, they knew that it was NCG CAM they
wanted. This resulted in them purchasing an
additional 10 x seats of NCG CAM, making 11 seats
in total.
The reasons for choosing NCG CAM as their
preferred CAM supplier are:
✓ The software is fast and easy to learn
✓ The pricing is really competitive compared to
alternatives
✓ NCG CAM is available as Perpetual licenses
✓ The ongoing Customer Support given has been
second to none
“We chose NCG CAM because it’s ideal for the type
of work that we do at RP, with a great choice of
machining strategies and fast computation times it’s
perfectly suited for our fast turnaround aluminium
mould tooling.” says Brett Mitchell, Production
Director, RP Technologies Ltd.
RP Technologies are a leading UK manufacturer of
complex aluminium injection mould tooling along with
prototype and production components. Through
precision engineering combined with a wealth of
experience their service offers a fast turnaround of
mould tooling & low to medium volume plastic injection
moulded components from their UK based
manufacturing facility in the West Midlands.
RP can not only support designers and engineers at the
prototype stage, but can also reduce procurement costs
by offering a single source solution for Customers
projects. Offering tooling and moulding under one roof
means projects don’t need to be passed to different
suppliers, not only saving time but also saving money.
RP Technologies existing CAM software supplier was
changing to a Subscription only based model; RP
Technologies wanted to own their software and not
have someone controlling them.
RP Technologies Ltd Choose NCG CAM as Their
Preferred CAM Software, Investing in 11 Seats
Rest Finishing: Toroidal Target Cutters
The use of Toroidal Target cutters has been
enabled to detect the Rest Finishing areas.
A demonstration version of NCG CAM
software, is available to download.
The demonstration version of NCG CAM has
unlimited usage. While there are restrictions to the
machining output, it can also be used in its basic form
as a FREE .iges viewer.
https://www.ncgcam.com/demo-download/
Also see NCG CAM in Action on:
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Demonstration Version Available to Download
You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/
NCGCAMSolutionsLtd
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NCG-CAM-
Solutions-Ltd-304632936329961/
Above – Toroidal Target Cutters.
Development Projects Delivered in NCG CAM Version
17.0 Point Releases
Right– Tapered Barrel Cutter
Support.
Support for Tapered Barrel Cutters
Tapered Barrel cutters are now supported, in
addition to Standard and Tangential Barrel cutters.
✓ First select Barrel as an Advanced Cutter type.
✓ Then select Standard, Tangential or Tapered.
✓ The Tangential and Tapered Barrel cutter must
have a Corner Radius.
✓ Radius; the Tapered Barrel cutter must also
have an Upper Corner Radius.
Previously either a Toroidal or
Ball-nosed cutter could be used
as a Reference cutter to find the
corners of the job, but the
Target cutter was restricted to a
Ball-nose.
Barrel
Cutters
Supported
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NCG CAM is an Official CAM Partner for CAD
R-Techno, Japan participated in Design
Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo
(DMS) in September 2020 in Nagoya and October
2020 in Osaka, Japan.
Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo
[DMS] is an exhibition gathering all kinds of IT solutions
for manufacturing industry such as CAD, CAE, ERP,
production management systems.
Various NCG CAM Reseller Events
M J Toolmakers felt that the existing software they
used needed updating as it seemed inefficient in
processing and the drilling cycling was very laborious.
With the recent addition of 5 licenses of NCG CAM,
M J Toolmakers has seen:
✓ 1 x day of On-site Training was given to 2 new
Users and they were live machining the following day,
it really was that easy!!
✓ Production times have been improved and lead
times reduced by over 40% in some cases.
✓ The Drilling in NCG CAM reduces the chance of
errors at the machine tool and saves a lot of time.
The team of 9 highly experienced toolmakers all
agree, the ease of using the NCG CAM system is
second to none.
“NCG CAM Solutions Ltd are second to none as far
as we can see with regards to the toolmaking
programming. Their willingness to help and let you try
the software really helped us develop and move the
business forward, a worthwhile and robust
investment..” says Paul McDermott, Partner / Owner.
M J Toolmakers Ltd are a company established since
1995, ran by two brothers, Nathan and Paul
McDermott. Originally, they were mainly POS
aluminium toolmakers, but changed the business
model after purchasing the company from their
father. In the 15 years of ownership since, they have
strived to include the following in their toolmaking
portfolio.
Fully hardened injection mould production tooling,
including rarely used exotic metals for the main dies,
specialising in micro moulds 75mm x 75mm square, and
unscrewing and caps / enclosers to tooling that weighs
up to 5 tonnes in weight.
✓ Rubber compression / transfer / injection tools.
✓ Blow moulds.
✓ Profile, hose/tube and rubber extrusion dies.
✓ Rapid prototype tooling produced in days,
days not weeks.
Covering all the sectors of industries, from POS/POP,
Medical, automotive, aerospace, MOD, oil and gas,
marine, and nuclear.
M J Toolmakers Ltd Reduce Lead Times by 40% by
Investing in 5 Seats of NCG CAM Software
A joint event for NCG CAM was held in October
2020 at Hurco Taiwan with our Reseller in Taiwan
called Megacom - 5-Axis Machining Technical
Workshop.
Check out the video on YouTube to see companies
learning how to improve their productivity and
maximise profitability using 5-axis technology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJss3kOhfLc&t=22s
NCG CAM Event - 5-Axis Machining Technical Workshop
HURCO SEA, Taiwan – October 2020
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Since using NCG CAM, HPE has found the following:
✓ NCG CAM is very easy to use and staff manage
to pick up the basics very quickly.
✓ The Users have had great results with
programming.
✓ The Users have found the toolpath strategies in
NCG CAM to be very efficient.
“Although we trialled other software, we found NCG
CAM to be the easiest and fastest way to program.
The support side for the software is very quick and
responsive.” says Tony Mills, Supervisor, HPE
(m/c) Ltd.
HPE was formed back in 1996 and operate out of a
12,000 SQ ft facility located in Greater Manchester,
UK. They currently have 20 CNC machines and
now have 5-Axis capabilities with their latest Hurco
machining centre.
The company currently employs 20 skilled engineers
and has recently installed a new state of the art
inspection facility including 2 CMM machines and a
Faro Arm. Alongside this, HPE have also invested in all
new LED lighting throughout the building and are
looking at investing in more machines.
HPE has recently purchased NCG CAM to aid their 5-
axis machining and since becoming familiar with the
software have bought another 2 seats of NCG CAM to
roll out across the shop-floor and are in the process of
training all staff up on the programming.
HPE (m/c) Ltd Invest in 3 Seats of NCG CAM
for Shop-Floor Programming to Aid 5-Axis Machining
Contact: Mrs Estelle Dunsmuir – Sales & Marketing Director
NCG CAM Solutions Ltd, Cambridge, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1223 236408 / +44 (0)1353 699840
www.ncgcam.com Email: [email protected]
To contact a reseller for more product information, or to
download a demonstration version of NCG CAM, visit
the company’s website www.ncgcam.com .
Alternatively contact Estelle Dunsmuir for more
information – [email protected] or call +44 (0)1223
236408 / +44 (0)1353 699840.
NCG CAM is a stand-alone CAM system offering an
easy to use HSM CAM solution that integrates with
existing CAD and CAM systems, including SmartForm
Design, Think3, NX, Catia, Ansys SpaceClaim, CREO,
Pro/ENGINEER and SolidWorks.
NCG CAM boasts many innovative features. It is
suitable for all types of forms, creating an optimised,
smooth cutter motion for HSM, while helping to extend
tool life, minimising wear on the machine tool and
producing parts with excellent surface finish.
NCG CAM has a very user-friendly interface, with a
typical learning curve of just 1 day required to machine
a live job. It is perfect for the high-speed machining of
moulds, dies, prototypes and precision surface
machining.
SOFTWARE FEATURES:
✓ Very user friendly interface – making it suitable for
even occasional users
✓ NCG CAM offers many advanced 3D machining
routines, rest roughing & 3 + 2 capabilities for all
toolpaths and a simultaneous 5-axis add-on module is
available
✓ Fast and efficient roughing strategies, including
core roughing
✓ Advanced drilling routines – includes automatic
hole detection and / or user defined holes
✓ All machining routines are fully gouge protected for
both the cutter and the tool holder
KEY BENEFITS:
✓ Stand alone CAM software that is compatible with
ANY other CAD package
✓ Extremely easy to use with just 1 day training
required to machine a live job Ideal for shop-floor
programming
✓ All post-processors are written in-house
✓ Powerful 3D machining
✓ Toolpaths are optimised for HSM
o Increased efficiency
o Reduced wear on machine
o Extended tooling life
✓ Perpetual Licensing ( This will NOT change)
Saves time and money !!
Powerful, Reliable & Affordable
Advanced 3D CAM Software
Established in Cambridge, UK, NCG CAM Solutions
Ltd provides CAM software solutions, offering all the
tools needed to manufacture prototypes, models,
moulds, dies, patterns and finished products. Our
specialist area is 3D HSM CAM with our product NCG
CAM.
All of our staff have a wealth of CAM experience,
having worked in the CAD/CAM and engineering
industry for many, many years. This includes our
support team, who have actually worked on the shop-
floor using CAM software on live jobs, so are able to
provide an excellent back up and support service.
Established in June 2009, NCG CAM Solutions Ltd
has a rapidly growing global reseller base, with
resellers for NCG CAM in UK, Germany, Portugal,
Spain, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic,
Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania,
Serbia, Croatia, Norway, Turkey, Italy, Sri Lanka,
India, UAE, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Hong Kong,
Singapore, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea,
Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, New
Zealand, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and across USA
and Canada.
About NCG CAM Solutions Ltd
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