CAMWorks Through full integration with industry-leading CAD platforms such as SolidWorks and Solid Edge, this HCL Technologies software streamlines the programming process of machining molds and mold components and increases quality. It automatically identifies manufacturing features and creates toolpaths, and it recognizes the tolerances and surface finishes associated with a feature to select the appropriate tools, speeds, feeds and other variables to generate the best toolpath. It offers true associative machining — automatically accommodating changes to the part model. This means that any modifications made to the design are automatically updated in the CAM data, which eliminates time-consuming CAM system rework due to design alterations. CAMWorks offerings include modules for multi-axis milling, turning, high-speed machining and wire electrical discharge machining (EDM).
What’s new? CAMWorks 2026, introducing support for Swiss machining for advanced automation and precision for Swiss-style CNC machines. It gives users the ability to program industry-standard Swiss machine types with synchronization of a variety of CNC machine components, including main and sub-spindles, gang slides, turrets, tool posts, and B-axis rotary attachments.
Benefits Superior precision, productivity and easier, faster programming of components made by Swiss machining. Typically, Swiss-style CNC machines are used to produce small, high-precision components through simultaneous milling and turning operations, but programming those machines has traditionally been complex and time-intensive. CAMWorks 2026 offers users an integrated, automated and user-friendly solution to streamline this process. Integration with other software ensures that toolpaths update automatically when design changes occur, and users can save CAD and CAM data for part files in a single file.
HCL Technologies Ltd., Noida, India, 480-367-0132, https://camworks.com/camworks-2026/
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Karen Hanna
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Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.