Tuesday, August 18, 2009

KipwareQTE® Upgrade Notice

Kentech Inc. has released the latest version of KipwareQTE® - Machine Shop Job Costing and Estimating Software ... Version 8.0.0.

New features in this release include :
  • Separate MARK-UP percentages are now available for each category ... material, tooling, labor, non-machining as well as programming and set-up.
  • Mark-up percentages can be saved in a database file for easy recall ... are auto-loaded at start-up and can be altered any time for any area during the estimating process.
  • Mark-up percentages as entered at the time the quote is created are saved with each estimate and re-loaded as-is when the estimate is re-loaded.
For a more in-depth look ... click the DEMO link at www.KentechInc.com and view the new KipwareQTE® presentation video.

Thanks to all ....
Kenney Skonieczny
Kentech Inc.

Monday, July 20, 2009

KipwareCYC® Upgrades Complete

Kentech Inc. has released new features to our KipwareCYC® - Machining CycleTime Estimating Software. Customers have been providing us feedback and have expressed their "wish list" ... and we have done our best to incorporate their ideas and "wants" into the new version ... 3.1.0.

New features include :
  • The addition of EDM and Waterjet machinery format into the Machine Database and provisions for this type of cutting parameters into the Material Database.
  • The addition of a GENERAL category format into the Machine Database and provisions for (2) User Defined Options for cutting parameters. One based on IPR and Per Tooth feed and One based on Per Minute feed.
  • The ability to more easily estimate cycletimes using turning centers with Live Tooling.
  • The ability to include SAWING, whether with a manual or automatic saw, in cycletime estimates.
  • The Database Manager now contains an extensive area for SAWING parameters including settings for :
    • # of teeth on the blade
    • blade speed
    • chip load
  • The user can input (5) different parameter sets per the above each for :
    • round stock
    • square / rectangular stock
    • tubing / pipe / structural stock.
  • The KipwareCYC® cycletime module contains new inputs to accomodate estimating sawing times ... user inputs include length of each piece and stock diameter or width.
  • The Route Sheet format in the KipwareCYC® cycletime module has been upgraded and enhanced.
You can check out all the features and the new look by clicking the DEMOS link at www.KentechInc.com and viewing the new KipwareCYC® video presentation.

Thanks to all ....

Kenney Skonieczny
Kentech Inc.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

KipwarePA® Update

KipwarePA® ... our latest software release to assist with G code creation ... was released in April and has met with good reviews from users who have told us that it greatly enhances their G code programming.

Customers seem to especially like the way in which we have integrated it into the Kipware® conversational packages. We have updated all the Kipware® conversationals to include a button on the main page to launch KipwarePA® ... which adds another level of programming capabilities and has proven to be a nice compliment to conversational programming creation.

For more info on KipwarePA® and to review it's features ... take a few minutes, take a tour and see how real world software development can enhance your shop floor programming ... click here to start.

Thanks to all ...
Kenney Skonieczny

Thursday, March 26, 2009

New Titles to be Released

I am pleased to outline some of our new releases in this post for my blog. These new titles are in final testing and should be released during the summer '09 months.

We are very excited to be adding these two new titles which were developed to help add even more "real world" options to your shop floor and your personnel. Please return to the blog and to www.KentechInc.com in the near future for additional release information.

(1) NEW KipwareT® Y Axis Version
We are expanding the current C axis ( indexing type ) live tool option of our KipwareT® by adding Y AXIS PROGRAMMING OPTIONS to the software. These new Y axis options will include milling capabilities utilizing the Y axis on both the OD and the FACE. Below is a screenshot of the new KipwareT® front page and those newly available Y axis options.

KipwareT® Y Axis Option is scheduled for release in late summer '09.

(2) NEW KipwarePA® ( Kipware Programming Assistant ) Title Release
We have developed a new programming package for both milling and turning titled KipwarePA®. KipwarePA® is designed to be a point-and-click program creation package where the user uses a mixture of item selection and inputs to tell the software what lines of G code to create. The user can make selections for the type of move or operation ( drill, turning canned cycle, etc. ) using menu options ... then enters the coordinates or definitions ... and KipwarePA® will automatically create the correct line of code.

KipwarePA® is a fast and easy program creation package for both the novice as well as the experienced G code programmer. With KipwarePA®'s auto functions, the user need not be proficient in G code programming as the software prompts and auto-completes operations then automatically creates the correct G code line of code. For the experienced programmer, KipwarePA® is much fast than typing and eliminates errors through it's auto-creation capabilities. Another feature is that users can customize the one-button inputs. For example, the user could create a button and label it anything, for example, PARTS CATCHER UP, and when that button is pressed, the user defined code is automatically inserted into the program being created.

In addition to code creation, users can view the toolpath at any point while the program is being created by using the plotting feature.Once all the inputs are created, the program is then displayed in our Kipware® Text Editor for review and final plotting.

Below is an initial screenshot illustrating the basic design for KipwarePA® ... this is initial view and the final release, though incorporating some of the features shown, will have many more enhancements and options.


KipwarePA® is scheduled for release in late summer '09.

Again, please return to the blog and to www.KentechInc.com in the near future for additional release information.

Thanks to all for your interest and your support.

Kenney Skonieczny