Mastercam Port Expert Provides Precision Head Porting

By DE Editors

The Port Expert add-on for CNC Software's Mastercam creates accurate, efficient engine cylinder head porting toolpaths on port surface or solid data. Port Expert uses a lollipop tool, and has collision checks for the entire tool (shank, arbor, and holder).

Multiple cutting options are available, including cutting only the top or the bottom, and specifying how much stock to leave on the entire port. The Port Expert toolpaths use three-axis machining as far into the port as possible, and then convert automatically to five-axis motion with minimum tilt. This prevents fishtails and inefficient reverse moves, and smoothly transitions where the toolpaths meet at the middle of the port.

The solution also automatically calculates optimal tilt angles, and creates toolpaths on triangulated or stitched surfaces. Mastercams simulation proceeds step-by-step through the toolpath, even showing the motion used in transition at the middle of the port.

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