Celeritive Technologies, Inc., a developer of innovative technologies that increase machine shop productivity, formally announces the release of its patent-pending software, VoluMill™ version 2.5. VoluMill is a powerful, highly efficient and cost-effective toolpath engine developed by industry leading toolpath scientists and software engineers. VoluMill toolpaths are CAM system neutral and greatly reduce production time while increasing the life of cutting tools.

“We believe our technology can save the machining industry hundreds of millions of dollars. It enables shops to immediately and significantly increase their productivity with no new investment in capital equipment. VoluMill toolpaths make it possible to drive machine tools and cutting tools to their fullest capabilities,” said Terry Sorensen, CEO of Celeritive Technologies. “Our customers are telling us that VoluMill toolpaths significantly outperform any they’ve ever seen, in some cases reducing cycle times by more than 50 percent. We believe it will set new productivity benchmarks for the entire machining industry.”

VoluMill enables cutting tools to be driven more aggressively than is possible with traditional toolpaths, while causing less wear and tear on the cutting tools. It produces toolpaths that more effectively leverage the advanced capabilities of computer numerical control (CNC) machines.

Key features and benefits of the patent-pending VoluMill include:

• Increase shop productivity -- shorten cycle times, increase throughput, lower tool costs, lower programming costs, and improve product quality.
• Easy to use -- One algorithm handles all geometries and any cutting style with fewer inputs and decisions to make for the programmer.
• Broad application -- VoluMill can be used with any CAM system.

The company started selling VoluMill in 2008, and indications are that there is a great need in the market for such a technology. By reducing machining costs and cutting tool wear, machining operations can reap immediate benefits, potentially seeing a return in investment in the first job they run.

Shane Anderson of S & R Machining is an early VoluMill user. “VoluMill saved us 42 hours of machining time on our first job. It more than paid for itself the first time we used it. There is no way we could run our machines this fast with our normal toolpaths. The cutting tools would simply not survive. VoluMill is so tightly integrated, that there was no learning curve.”

About Celeritive Technologies, Inc.

Celeritive is a leading developer of productivity enhancing software that enables the maximum productivity from existing machining hardware to be realized, and integrates with the industry’s leading CAM systems, including GibbsCAM® and Mastercam®. Located in Cave Creek, Ariz., Celeritive Technologies was founded by leaders in the manufacturing industry, including machinists, developers, and executives. The company is the first to provide a branded toolpath solution that is CAM system neutral. VoluMill is sold as a desktop application with SaaS capability that starts at $989 per seat. For more information, please visit http://www.volumill.com.

Mastercam® is a trademark of CNC Software, Inc.

GibbsCAM® is a trademark of Gibbs and Associates.