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The Plea for SSD

March 17, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Mechanical hard disks have reached some great heights in terms of both performance and storage. They are great when you require low cost and large quantities of space. They are very inferior though, when compared to Solid State Drives, or SSD's. In fact Storage Review noted a couple of really important differences in their article SSD vs. Hdd: SSD boot time is 20-30 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Hardware, Manufacturing Tagged With: Database, DNC, ERP, Hdd, IT, MDC, MDM, MRP, Performance, SQL, SSD

Using Active Directory with CIMCO MDC

March 15, 2017 by Joe Hackman 2 Comments

System administrators really despise redundant work. A lot of what a quality IT department does is automate and integrate systems to require less input from a user to perform their job function. Imagine maintaining 2, 3, or even 4 different sets of user accounts and passwords. Or worse, imagine not having a user experience be unique because the overhead to maintain it is too … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: Active Directory, Administration, CIMCO, MDC-Max

San Joaquin Valley Manufacturing Alliance EP9

March 15, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. -John Quincy Adams There is something extraordinary going on in the San Joaquin Valley. Economic development, education, and business interests have gotten together to form the San Joaquin Valley Manufacturing Alliance. Their upcoming manufacturing summit has already been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: Betts Company, Career and Technical Education, CTE, Difference Makers, Fresno State, Leadership, Manufacturing Summit, Mike Betts, Mike Dozier

Adding Local Language Translation to CIMCO MDC

March 13, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

CIMCO software provides language localization for close to two dozen languages for all of their products. There is one area that just having a translation is not enough. Machine Data Collection is almost a living organism, we add new downtime reasons and data points based on our unique needs, equipment and internal benchmarks. So when you are collecting data from multiple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO, Data Collection, Enterprise Solution, Localization, MDC, MDC-Max, Translation

Rising Tide for San Joaquin Valley Manufacturers

March 8, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

As some of you already know, I moved from the Bay Area to El Dorado Hills in 2014. As a relative newbie to the greater Sacramento area, I connected with the Sacramento Valley SME to get involved with other folks interested in precision manufacturing. That connection ultimately led to the creation of this podcast with a little inspiration from Bill Gaines. Recently, when Jeff … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: California, Episode Teaser, Manufacturing Summit, Mike Betts, Mike Dozier, SJVMA

Quick Tip: Adding new File Types to CIMCO Editor

March 8, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Recently, I had a customer contact me about an issue they were having with files with the extension .eia and CIMCO Editor. Their CAM software was outputting the file as .eia but CIMCO Editor was saving it with a .nc extension tacked on the end. It's actually very easy to add additional formats to CIMCO Editor, including .eia or anything else, so that you can retain the file … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Quick Tip Tagged With: CIMCO Editor, G-Code, Quick Tip

Big Changes Coming to CIMCO MDC Web Client

March 6, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Since 2006, I cannot recall a more exciting time as a CIMCO Software re-seller. Version 8 of CIMCO Software is out, vastly improved, proven and stable, including numerous new features and a modernized interface. Machine Simulation is in the works for CIMCO Editor. Finally today I am pleased to share that the greatly enhanced CIMCO Machine Data Collection software, MDC-Max, is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, News Tagged With: CIMCO, Machine Data Collection, MDC, MDC-Max, Web Client

Reference: Common G-Code Extensions

March 6, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

Here is a list of machine tool types and the typical g-code file extensions for them. We'll be referring to this resource in future articles related to CIMCO Editor. Machine Extension1 Extension2 Extension3 Anlam *.m Apt  .apt Acramatic *.nc Apex *.cnc Axyz *.nc Beisse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reference Tagged With: Extensions, G-Code, Reference

CIMCO Software Troubleshooting Tips

February 24, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

"Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?" - Roy Trenneman Fixing a software issue isn't always as easy as just restarting a computer. That is a great way to temporarily fix some problems such as a memory leak or a random one time issue. In the real world your issues are likely to be more involved, so we've compiled a few of our favorite tips and most common … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: CIMCO, CIMCO Editor, CIMCO License Server, CIMCO Software Version 8, DNC Max, MDC-Max, MDM, NC-Base, Tips

Machine Simulation Coming Soon to CIMCO Editor

February 22, 2017 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

CNC machines are becoming more capable paving the way for fewer operations as well as more efficient machining methods. This is often exacerbated by the difficulty producing a quality post processor for these machines. As a result there has become a growing need to perform more validation to ensure that the moving parts are not colliding and causing costly downtime and damage. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, News Tagged With: CIMCO Editor, Machine Simulation

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