Case Study: Turnell and Odell achieves rapid, collision-free machining of multi-million-line rotational mould tools with Vero Software (Edgecam)

Millions of Lines of Edgecam Code Create Rotational Mould Tools

Turnell and Odell is a Northamptonshire precision engineering firm that supplies complex rotational mould tools—from 200mm cubes to two-metre pipe moulds—for industries including construction, medical and food. Producing these tools is exceptionally demanding: internal and external features must mirror to maintain uniform wall thickness, file sizes are huge, and some operations generate millions of lines of NC code (one job needed 1.2 million lines), making manual programming and collision risk management effectively impossible without advanced software and hardware.

The company adopted SolidWorks for design and Edgecam for CAM, simulation and post-processing, and invested in high-speed Haas mills and a powerful workstation to handle the large files. Edgecam reliably processes millions of lines of code, prevents costly collisions via simulation, and turns half-day programming into 24 hours of unattended machining, enabling typical turnarounds of 2–12 weeks, faster delivery, and new business opportunities in rotational moulding and aerospace.

Turnell and Odell

Alexey Don

CNC Miller