In precision manufacturing, the gulf between programmed toolpaths and machine reality is shrinking profits, slowing development, and introducing risk on every contract. This 2025 webinar series is built for engineers, planners, and senior leaders who demand predictability, not guesswork.

April 9 - What Your CAM Software Doesn't Tell You About 5-Axis Machining

Join DigitalCNC’s CEO Dr Rob Ward alongside AMRC's Machining Group experts as we dive deep into adaptive milling strategies and reveal how to overcome the industry's biggest planning hurdle: the gap between programmed time and machine reality.

Your CAM simulation looks perfect. Then the part comes off the machine with witness marks, surface defects, and a cycle time nothing like the estimate.

The problem isn't your CAM system. It isn't your machine either.

It's the gap between what CAM assumes and what your machine can actually deliver. CAM outputs idealised toolpaths. Your CNC works within real kinematic constraints it knows nothing about. That gap is where surface quality problems are born.

In this webinar, we show you exactly what's happening inside that gap and how to close it before you cut a single chip.

What You'll Learn

• Why feedrate fluctuations in simultaneous 5-axis show up as witness marks and surface defects

• Why 3+2 is often faster and cleaner than full 5-axis simultaneous

• Why vector programming needs machine-specific validation before it hits the floor

• How to identify slowdown zones that cause surface defects before cutting metal

• Offline testing strategies to eliminate finish defects caused by feedrate fluctuations

Who Should Attend

• CNC programmers laying down 5-axis toolpaths

• Production managers dealing with unreliable cycle time estimates

• Quality engineers investigating surface defects

• Anyone moving from 3-axis to 5-axis machining

May 7: Building the business case

“Building the Business Case – ROI & Implementation of Virtual Machining”

Perfect For:

• Engineering managers justifying virtual validation investment
• Production directors seeking capacity gains without new machines
• Solution provider leadership evaluating competitive differentiation
• Operations leaders responsible for NPI and process development

What You’ll Learn:

• Quantifying the true cost of trial-and-error (direct + indirect + opportunity costs)
• ROI models: £ capacity gains + £ trial elimination examples
• Integration with existing CAM, verification, and shop floor workflows
• Change management: Getting buy-in from programmers and customers 

45-minute presentation + live demo + 10-minute Q&A

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