Case Study: Advance Manufacturing Technology achieves over 50% cycle-time reduction and greater machining flexibility with 3D Systems

CAM Software Enables Machining Complex Parts Faster, in More Ways

Advance Manufacturing Technology, a Salt Lake City job shop serving diverse industries, needed to increase throughput and handle more complex multi-axis parts after purchasing a Mori Seiki NZX2000T3Y3 multitasking machine to fill a 10,000-piece annual order. The challenge was programming and synchronizing multiple turrets and axes to cut a 9.5-minute single-turret cycle time while safely managing tool collisions and adding four- and five-axis capabilities for intricate components.

The shop licensed GibbsCAM MTM (with Sync Manager) and later GibbsCAM 5-Axis and VoluMill to program, balance and sync tool groups, generate wait codes, and create efficient high-speed toolpaths. As a result, cycle times fell by 50–75%, blanking times were reduced (e.g., from ~30 to 12–15 minutes), complex four- and five-axis parts were produced faster and more reliably, and the software’s ease of use led machinists to adopt GibbsCAM across other machines.

Advance Manufacturing Technology

Bryce Barton

Mill Foreman and CNC Programmer