Concepts MAX-PAC v8.2.4.24 CAM 5-Axis Machining Software Concepts NREC’s MAX-PAC™ family of CAM software provides optimal cutter-path solutions for turbomachinery components by offering users several cutting strategies that can reduce engineering costs as well as production costs. MAX-PAC is available in any combination of modules to suit part geometry requirements for flank milling of ruled-surface blading, point milling of arbitrary-surface blading, or point milling of integrally shrouded impellers, or milling of single blades. MAX-PAC CAM tools have long been recognized as the preeminent software for 5-axis milling of turbomachinery impellers, blisks, and rotors, and enjoy a strong worldwide reputation with manufacturers, job shops, and 5-axis machine-tool companies. Expertise built into these specialized tools incorporates methodologies protected by three separate patents. Compared to other CAM tools, MAX-PAC addresses only turbomachinery, and as a result, it is faster to learn, easier to use, and requires less programming and machining time. However, its most important attribute is that MAX-PAC produces higher quality parts than its competition. MAX-5, MAX-AB, MAX-SI, and MAX-PAC are trademarks of Concepts NREC, LLC. MAX-AB™ Cutter path generation for 5-axis point milling of turbomachinery components MAX-AB creates 5-axis NC machining instructions for point milling of turbomachinery components with arbitrary (free-form) blade surfaces. Typical applications include axial compressors and turbines, pumps, compressors, turbochargers, radial-inflow turbines, and inducers. MAX-AB emphasizes smooth machining instructions that are compatible with high-speed milling applications. MAX-AB is generally applied to the class of components that are designed with arbitrary surfaces, but it can also be used with a high-speed milling process for ruled-surface components. MAX-AB is particularly suited to today’s CFD-influenced blade shapes that can be difficult or impossible to cut with other general CAM systems. MAX-AB includes strategies for roughing, plunge milling, hub finish, point-milled blade finish, leading edge, fillet finish, and tip milling.