New Release - Editing G Code is SOOO Yesterday !!

Since 1986 ... Kentech Inc. has been a pioneer and leader in G code conversion software ... creating both custom and general use applications that are un-matched in power and features in the industry. Now Kentech Inc. is pleased to announce the release of version 13.0.0 of our KipwareXC® - G Code Conversion Software.

Details are below ... or watch the video :

KipwareXC® is a powerful, feature rich application that can convert G code text files created in a format for one machine and control and auto-convert them to a format for any other machine and control. Using a mixture of pre-defined conversion options ... along with user specified conversions created through our unique "code macro" language ... KipwareXC® will take the control incompatibility issue completely off your shop floor.

Users have the ability to create an unlimited number of KipwareXC® PROFILES. Profiles are basically the specs that tell the software what-to-convert-into-what. The Profile uses a mix of pre-defined conversion options that can include :

• Radius X Lathe -- Diameter X Lathe -- X/Y Mill Conversions
• Conversion of X coordinates from DIAMETER to / from RADIUS values
• A Variety of Circular Interpolation options like convert R to INCREMENTAL I-J-K or to ABSOLUTE I-J-K
• Convert INCREMENTAL I-J-K to / from ABSOLUTE I-J-K
• Axis Reversal
• A powerful variety of DECIMAL conversion options
• ... and much more.

Having the ability to create an unlimited number of Profiles allows the user to perform an unlimited number of conversions so multiple machines and controls can be accommodated. KipwareXC® also gives the user the ability to piggy-back Profiles ... perhaps doing some conversions initially through one Profile then running that converted file through another Profile to perform additional conversions ... all automatically.

KipwareXC® also has a powerful BATCH CONVERSION option where users can place files to be converted into one central folder and KipwareXC® can automatically convert all the files at one time.

KipwareXC® contains (12) conversions for circular interpolation alone !!

KipwareXC® can perform multiple conversions on lathe type G code programs.

KipwareXC® has a powerful - G CODE SPECIFIC EDITOR where both the original file and the converted file can be viewed side-by-side.

Our unique CODE MACRO language allows users to describe complex conversions such as :

• Convert M91 to M180
• Convert G02R--- to G112L---
• Convert G78P---Q---D--- to G87U---W---F---
• Break up lines of code into multiple lines
• Add additional lines of code
• Completely remove lines of code
• Completely remove specific letter addresses

The powerful, G code specific EDITOR allows the user to view both the original file and the converted file side-by-side. The Editor can also be called independent of a conversion process to simply edit any G code program. Independent editing functions are available for each file and include :

• ADD / REMOVE Sequence Numbers
• ADD / REMOVE Spaces for readability.
• COLOR HIGHLIGHTING using a user defined color pallet.
• Powerful XC-OVERRIDE feature allows the user to specify things like ... add 5% to all Spindle speeds ... subtract 1" from all Z values ... divide all Feedrates by 3% .... almost anything else.
• G and M code separation for machines that do not allow multiple G or M codes per line.
• ONE BUTTON INCH to METRIC or METRIC to INCH conversions.

If KipwareXC® was just a G code Editor ... it would be phenomenal. The ability to create custom Profiles and auto-convert G code puts it in a class by itself. This latest version continues our march as the pioneer and leader in G code conversion software. We continue to assist shops to eliminate the control incompatibility issue from their shop floors ... and with it all the inefficiencies and problems they produce.

If your shop floor contains multiple CNC's with multiple controls ...we would love an opportunity to demonstrate the power and features of KipwareXC®. The best way is through a live, online meeting through our Cisco Webex account. Please contact us at any of the options below ... or visit our scheduling center and submit a date and time that is convenient for you and your team ... that link is also below.

Voice : 508.754.1198

Email : Sales@KentechInc.com

KipwareXC Webpage : http://www.KentechInc.com/KipwareXC.shtml
WEBEX Scheduling Webpage : http://www.kentechinc.com/livedemo.shtml

Kenney Skonieczny - President

Kentech Inc.

New KipwareM® Menus Released

In addition to all our other development ... we managed to squeak a couple of great new conversational cycles / menus into our KipwareM® - Conversational CNC Programming Software for Milling. Check 'em out ... they will be shipping standard as of Tuesday ... 3/26/2013.

Qualify Stock : In this menu users can create a cycle to machine one or two ends of a workpiece to qualify the length. Options include zig-zag cutting, climb milling or conventional milling for both roughing and / or finishing ... and users can select to machine the left side and / or the right side. Finish cutting can include cutter comp also if user selected. 

As in all milling menus ... this cut can be rotated at any angle so even though the image is left and right ... choosing a rotation angle of 90 degrees would cause the cutting at the top and the bottom.

O Ring Groove : This menu will allow users to create a cycle to rough and / or finish an O ring type groove on the top surface of the part. Options will include roughing and / or finishing ... finishing of the bottom surface ... and the ability to employ cutter comp for the finish cut.

Seems like the development is non-stop here at Kentech Inc. and we are so excited to be able to bring some great new menus that include tons of great real world machining options to KipwareM®. This is what happens when real machinists create machining software !!

Enjoy ...

Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.

New Construction ... Wuts Up !!

As we reach the end of the first quarter ... we would like to take a look back and a look ahead at what's been going on and what's coming up here at Kentech Inc..

We pride ourselves on delivering the best and most "real world" software products to the metalworking industry ... as our past post illustrates ... we work very hard toward that goal. Take a look here at last years pile of work as an example : http://kentechinc.blogspot.com/2012/12/wow-what-year-heres-what-we.html

So far in 2013 ... after only 2.5 months ... here's a checklist of our development work :

• We delivered a total re-write using .NET4 for our extremely popular Kipware® CNC XChange - Fanuc <--> Okuma Conversion software ... got it all ready for the future and added a ton of new and innovative features.
• We delivered a new conversational CNC programming application for Wire EDM, Waterjet and Plasma programming ... KipwareW®. We combined our older KipwareEDM® and KipwareJT® into a new product with lots of new features and enhancements ... with an interface that mimicks our other Kipware® conversational titles so integration is easy.
• We developed two new websites that key in on our business software ... www.MachineShopSoftware.com ... and our conversational software ... www.Kipware.com. These sites will help users not only find our products quicker and easier ... but will allow them access to sites dedicated to the type of products in which they have the most interest.
• Now that we revamped KipwareM® last year ... adding new and innovative features is quick and easy for our development team. In February we released (5) great new features including RAMPING, CUSTOM EIA CYCLES, MULTI-LOCATIONS for round pocketing and helical milling ... along with an increase in the number of cycles that can be associated with a single operation from (5) to (10).

And that's only in 2.5 months !!

What are we working on now !!
Here's a peek into the development construction site and what will soon be released :

• We are finalizing a complete re-write for our KipwareXC® - G Code Conversion software. We've added a brand new state-of-the-art interface using .NET4 along with TONS ... and I mean TONS ... of new and innovative features and conversion options. Release is expected mid-April ... stay tuned.
• Y AXIS MILLING for KipwareT®. We have started importing features we already have available for milling in KipwareM® and adapting them to a new Y AXIS MILLING option for KipwareT®. This will add another level of conversational programming for turning centers that will include KipwareT® for turning ... the Live Tool option for C axis drilling and milling ... and now the Y Axis option for Y axis milling. Release is also expected in April ... stay tuned.
• We have picked up our search for additional VAR's ( Value Added Resellers ) to enable easier access to our products ... a win-win for everyone involved. If you are interested in reselling Kipware® software ... please visit our Dealer page here : http://www.kentechinc.com/dealer.shtml

And that's just what is slated for one month ... April !!!

We continue to be inspired and driven by the famous words of chef @Emeril Lagasse ... "BAM ... Let's kick it up a notch !!"

Does your software provider deliver innovations and enhancements at a pace like this?
What has your software maintenance agreement got you in 2.5 months?

And don't be fooled by simple, underdeveloped "wizards". Kipware® conversational has fought to bring conversational programming out of the world of "wizards", after-thoughts and add-ons and into the world of professional programming applications since 1986. Kipware® has the real features for real world machining.

DUMP the Wizards ... 
GO PRO with Kipware® Conversational !!


Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.

"That should take us about 2 minutes ... "

"That should take us about 2 minutes to machine." ... Is that how your machining cycletime estimating process goes? If so ... you are losing money ... plain and simple.

I would say that most of our clients who request a Webex demonstration of our KipwareCYC® software answer the question "So how do you estimate your cycletime currently?" in a similar fashion. Inevitably most pass it on to the machinist on the floor or the production manager or the manufacturing engineer ... and they provide the machining time estimate. And when we push a little harder ... it turns out that most usually use the scientific form of GUESSTIMATING to arrive at their times based on their 30+ years or so of machining.

The fact of the matter is that even with all that machining background ... their cycletime estimate is still a guesstimate ... and cost estimates produced from that will be incorrect. No matter what you are using for cost estimating ... if the cycletime estimate is incorrect it could lead to winning work ... but work that just loses money.

The other side of the coin is the "feature recognition" software that claim they can produce a cycletime estimate based on a solid model. So now we go from a free guess to a very high priced software application ... but the result is probably the same ... inaccurate times. Why? That high priced app probably can figure a machining cycletime estimate based on that 3D model ... but the key is will the machining process it determines be the same process that will take place on your shop floor? Will the speeds and feeds it calculates be the same speeds and feeds that will be produced on your shop floor? Probably not ... and that means the time it calculated is no better than a guesstimate.

The key to accurate cycletime estimating is simple ... make certain that the machine specs, cutting process and parameters used accurately reflect what will happen on your shop floor. Period.

KipwareCYC® is real world cycletime estimating software that was developed in the real world over years of providing time estimates for machine justification and time estimates for high volume production. KipwareCYC® will provide you with consistency ... and most important accuracy ... in your cycletime estimating process. The real world design and features of KipwareCYC® will insure that machine specs and cutting parameters utilized in the estimate will accurately reflect what happens on your shop floor. In fact ... the design insures that the more you use KipwareCYC® ... the more accurate it becomes !!!

Want to learn more ... we invite you to visit www.KentechInc.com or www.MachineShopSoftware.com and explore KipwareCYC® in more detail.

Better yet ... why not arrange for a personal online demonstration and let us show you how we can back up our claims ... click here to set one up.

Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.

Around the World ... In One Week !!

What a week we had at Kentech Inc. ... reaching around the world to talk and meet with clients and potential clients. More and more machinist and manufacturers are realizing that in today's economic climate ... overkill and unnecessary complexity are holding back their productivity ... and thus their profits. The real world applications we have developed and continue to enhance over the last 25+ years are really hitting a nerve.

In just one week ... we have either utilized our website chat, email, voice or Webex meetings to talk and meet with clients from :

• South Africa
• Italy
• Canada
• England
• Scotland
• Mexico
• China
• The USA of course ... Florida, Virginia, Michigan, Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, California, Texas.
• and many more !!

In just 5 days !! ... and weeks like this are getting to be the norm here.

It really brings us a lot of joy to meet with such a diverse clientele but also confirms that we must be doing something right with our development concepts and ideas.

We would love an opportunity to talk with you and your team too !!

Please give us a call ... or start a chat at www.KentechInc.com ... or email Sales@KentechInc.com ... we would love to talk chip making, manufacturing and perhaps how our proven-in-the-trenches applications can improve your efficiency and profitability.

Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.

Details on Kentech's VAR Program

Are you a ....

Machine Tool Dealer or Salesperson?

CAD / CAM Vendor?

Do your run a machine tool related website?

Are you a PC dealer / distributor to the manufacturing sector?

Are you looking for resale opportunities?

If so ... we invite you to click the link below and explore the VAR program from Kentech Inc. and our machine shop software products.

Kentech Inc.'s VAR Program Details

Whether business software ... conversational CNC programming software ... G code conversion software ... or CNC programming training software ... our quality, proven-in-the-trenches applications can help enhance your customer base and your bottom line.

Right now we are actively signing-up and adding to our VAR base ... and would love an opportunity to discuss our VAR program and distribution opportunities with all interested parties.

Please click the link above for more details ... or contact us at Sales@KentechInc.com

Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.

O-VER-KILL ( oh-ver-kill )

O-VER-KILL ( oh-ver-kill ) n. : 
(1) An excess of what is necessary or appropriate for a particular end.
(2) Any effort that seems to go father than would be necessary to achieve its goal.

Does this describe your CAD/CAM system for the majority

of the jobs you program every day?

Simplifying your shop floor and streamlining your CNC programming process can be the key to profitability and improved efficiency. In the current manufacturing environment where qualified personnel are scarce ... and where the shop floor has become just too complicated for it's own good ... Kipware® conversational CNC programming software can eliminate programming bottlenecks by allowing more people to create those everyday CNC programs ... the type of programming that is done on 95% of shop floors around the world everyday.

Kipware® Conversational CNC Programming Software ...

STOP the CAD/CAM Overkill !!

Click HERE to START the STOPPING !!

Seeking VAR's for Kipware® Conversational

Kentech Inc. is currently seeking additional VAR's and distribution options for our Kipware® conversational CNC programming software. Milling, turning, wire EDM, waterjet and plasma versions of Kipware® conversational are available for distribution.

• Are you a machine tool dealer or builder looking to add conversational programming options to your equipment?
• Are you a machine tool salesperson looking for a programming solution for your clients outside the world of expensive and complicated CAD/CAM?
• Are you looking to add conversational programming software to your existing metalworking product line or website offerings?

You can check out all the features of Kipware® conversational here : 

http://www.kentechinc.com/KipwareProgrammingSoftware.html

If any of the above options are of interest ... or if you have other distribution requirements we might be able to compliment ... please contact us at any of the options below.

Email : Sales@KentechInc.com
Voice : 508.754.1198

Our normal business hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm east coast US time.

Kenney Skonieczny - President
Kentech Inc.