Third Wave Systems to Release AdvantEdge FEM 5.7

By DE Editors

Third Wave Systems has announced the February 2011 release of AdvantEdge FEM version 5.7. AdvantEdge FEM is a predictive, material physics-based software solution for optimizing metal cutting, providing information about heat flow, temperatures, stresses, and forces for machining processes.  

The technology provides users with data not available from trial-and-error tests, making it useful for cutting tool design and process analysis and optimization.

Development activities for AdvantEdge FEM 5.7 centered on performance speed-ups, with special focus being spent on improving meshing speed. In addition, the company says software users will benefit from enhanced boring and tapping processes, as well as a new elliptical motion feature useful for modeling processes such as elliptical vibration-assisted machining.

For more information, visit Third Wave Systems.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.