Give us a background about your flagship hyperMILL CAM/CAD software.
The company behind hyperMILL is OPEN MIND Technologies AG, a German company with 100 percent holding of Mensch und Maschine SE (also a German company). Founded in 1994, today OPEN MIND is one of the largest providers of CAM solutions. The CAM solution hyperMILL focuses on CAM users, who attach importance to high-end, easy-to-use CAM software with a special focus on the 5 axis market.   

During the 90s and thereon the CNC machine tool industry was rapidly growing and subsequently the demand to use these machines much more efficiently and optimally for 2D, 3D and 5 axes machining applications started increasing. At that time there was no dedicated simultaneously controlled 5 axis CAM software to meet these demands. This was the opportunity to develop a dedicated CAM for 5 axis at Daimler Chrysler and then we patented our technology.

Due to very intense challenges in the CNC market we developed dedicated and very strong CAM solutions for the combined applications in MillTurn machines also. Using our patented technology we created a sophisticated set of special application for various market segments, e.g. the turbine industry for power plants and the aerospace market and specific mold and die segments like the tyre mold industry.

What are the various industry sectors where hyperMILL can be used? What are its different applications?
We are covering most of the industry segments. The major focus lies on automotive, especially formula one and tire industry, aerospace, tool and mold manufacturing, mechanical engineering, power and energy sector,  medical,  watch and jewellery.

Applications of hyperMILL include e.g. engine and structural parts as well as landing gears in aerospace, complex mold and die machining for tool rooms and automotive industry, R&D areas, prototyping. Very famous applications are turbine wheels and rotors, blades, bladed disks, shrouds, impellers and orthopedic implants.

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