1. Are your CNC machines making money, or just chips ?

2. You just acquired a CNC lathe

3. Challenges before you

4. Maybe some or all of these apply to you. You need to keep your machine running, to start recovering your investment ASAP. Nobody in your shop knows programming. You think programming is a complex affair, a big headache.

5. So You have a part-time programmer He comes every evening or every alternate evening. You pay him Rs. 5000 a month. He takes care of programming and prove- out. You are happy because your programming headaches are taken care of.

6. But... Your machine is idling if the programmer is ill or on holiday for a few days. You have a problem if if the program is written for machine A but you want to run the part on machine B. You still have to do cycle time calculation for job quotes yourself. Your trade secrets may be leaked to competitors – processes, cycle times, etc.

7. Also, these things worry you You think Your cutting parameters are not ok, cycle times are too high. Too much of your machines' time is being wasted on tryouts. The part rejection during tryouts is too high. You think you could be getting a better return from the investment on your machine.

8. The solution

9. Do you get your emails typed by a part-time typist ? No You do it yourself or have somebody in-house, because: You need to do the thinking on its language and content. There is a time constraint. Today's email cannot go tomorrow. It's a simple job, so why hire an outside specialist ? It takes very little time to do.

10. What if your CNC programming is as simple as sending emails ? What if: You do not need to know CNC programming ? A software generates CNC programs that you can transfer to the machine without even looking at them, and start cutting? Your tool path is simulated graphically on the PC, and you don't waste any machine time? You can generate a CNC program in minutes ? What if you can make a CNC program in as much time as it takes you to type in an email ?

11. CAPSturn can do this for you - You do not need to know CNC programming. - Programs automatically generated, 100 % correct. - Cutting trial done graphically on the PC – no wasting machine time. - Automatic cutting parameters selection – reduce cycle time, increase Return on Investment. - Automatic cycle time calculation, for use in your job quotes. - CAPSturn increases your profits.

12. Making money, or just chips ? An elephant costs Rs. 3000 a day to maintain – for food and medicines. A typical CNC lathe costs twice what an elephant costs, for space, power, tooling and manpower. You have to utilize its spindle to the maximum, and reduce cycle and idle times to the minimum, to maximize profits.

13. Making money, or just chips ? However, your part-time programmer most probably uses your machine like this. Why? Because he is not bothered about the productivity. He thinks if the part is dimensionally OK, then his job is done ! Mainly, he does not have to repay the bank loan, YOU DO.

14. As easy as your email software Many users of CAPSturn are first-time buyers of CNC machines, with zero knowledge of CNC programming. We even have a user who is an accountant, who does the programming himself. With CAPSturn you can do the programming yourself, or train your operators to do it. It takes 4 hours to learn how to use it. Everything is under your control: 1. You control the cycle time 2. You get the program when you want it. 3. You can train multiple people in the shop on the software, so there is no disruption if a person is on leave or quits the company.

15. Start making money, not just chips Without CAPSturnWith CAPSturn