How has been the last year for your company?
For OPEN MIND the last year was a very successful one worldwide, as we achieved one of our best result ever. This year OPEN MIND is celebrating its 25th anniversary I think this is a very good reason to be even more successful. Worldwide our colleagues love their
work, they are passionate, and this is the secret of our success beside our CAM solution hyperMILL.
Which industries are driving the growth of your company in India?
The Indian market is vast with many important and challenging industries. Our CAM solution hyperMILL is applied to a wide variety of industries. It is a modular and therefore very flexible CAM solution with which NC programs can be conveniently generated for simple and complex components. That is the reason why hyperMILL is successful in use in industries such as aerospace, tool and mould making, in the automotive and in production machining, and in the energy and medical sectors. By having robust solutions that apply
to all industries, we perform well no matter the market trends. Aerospace, Defence, Die & Moulds, Medical, Turbomachinery, and other precision engineering are some of the leading industries in India. hyperMILL being one of the leading CAM solutions worldwide offering unique 5-axis strategies as well as powerful 2.5, 3D, 5-axis, mill-turn strategies and unique automation functionalities for all these and more sectors.
Aerospace manufacturing is gaining momentum in India now. How has it helping your business?
The aerospace industry is gaining more and more importance due to a push by the ‘Make in India' initiative, by the Government of India. On this backdrop, we were able to increase our presence in the aerospace market further on since last year as Nitin Jain, a specialist in turbomachinery and Aerospace machinery joined
OPEN MIND.
hyperMILL has comprehensive high precision and high-performance strategies to save machining time tremendously. For instance, time savings of up to 90 percent can be realized with our innovative finishing strategies and the conical barrel cutter. They are part of our high-performance package hyperMILL MAXX Machining. We are constantly investing in our 5-axis technology to offer more advanced and reliable strategies for the Aerospace and Defence sector. Already a lot of well-known companies in India and abroad from the aerospace industry rely on hyperMILL and its innovative
technology.
Please tell us about some of your esteemed projects.
Just one example from the aerospace industry - One of our customers uses hyperMILL smoothly and without any intervention for making wings for the Airbus A350. Our esteemed clients, who use hyperMILL, are spread across industries such as Defence, Research & Development, Aerospace, satellites & space sector, etc.
Unfortunately, due to non-disclosure agreements we are not able to share details of such projects.
What are the upcoming trends in the industry?
Automation is a significant trend in the CAM industry these days. The automation of NC-programming will increase further on. CAD/CAM programming will become more automated, even for 5-axis simultaneous machining. Specialized 5-axis strategies will be available to machine complex model features e.g. undercut areas,
corner areas with difficult access.
Additive processing is becoming increasingly important.Particularly relevant is the hybrid production, which works alternately up to the final state of additive and classic subtractive. Both additive and hybrid manufacturing require CAM support and open up another
field of innovation. OPEN MIND is very active in additive manufacturing processes based on directedenergy deposition processes.
High efficiency solutions such as hyperMILL MAXX Machining save enormous time and reduce the machine usage to enable increased throughput. Higher performance and enhanced finishing quality during machining processes can be achieved by using new, advanced tool design, adaptive geometries e.g. conical barrel cutter or advanced cooling methods.
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