Software by CB Ferrari: the digital heart of mechanical excellence
In high-precision mechanics, where every tenth of a second and every micron can make the difference between efficiency and waste or reliability and risk, it's not enough to design extraordinary machines. You also need an equally strategic component: software that guides the machines.
This is why CB Ferrari not only builds high-performance machine tools, but also develops its own proprietary software solutions designed to maximise the potential of its production technologies. Today, software is right at the heart of mechanical excellence – and this is where CB Ferrari focuses all its digital know-how, gained over years of experience, innovation and direct customer listening.
Made in Italy digital know-how – built in-house
B Ferrari's experience in machine tool design joins forces with a unique new approach: in-house software development. This allows complete integration of hardware and the electronic brain, ensuring performance unequalled by generic software.
The company has created a range of proprietary digital solutions over the years:
- software for the generation of tool paths, optimised for 5-axis milling;
- automated process management systems;
- • operating interfaces designed for intuitive use of the machine even for non-expert operators;
- • tools for the processing of complex components such as turbine blades, stator blades and impellers.
Each application grows from ongoing dialogue about the real needs of users and is continuously updated to adapt to modern processes as they evolve.
TS85: the CBF proprietary CAM for the processing of turbine blades
One of the software products that best showcases CB Ferrari know-how is TS85, the historic and continuously evolved CAM solution for the simultaneous processing of 5-axis turbines and compressor blades.
- Introduced in 1994 and developed exclusively for the CBF ecosystem, TS85 incorporates:
- • functions ensuring accurate control of the entire tool path;
- • ability to manage geometries through neutral CAD formats, ensuring maximum flexibility.
The attached technical file shows how TS85 has been further refined with special roughing and finishing strategies, including:
- Turning
- Peeling
- Trochoidal
- Helirough
- Spiral
These methods improve management of materials, reduce air-cutting, minimise tool wear, and ensure supreme end quality. All with a powerful yet simple interface, designed with advanced programming techniques to achieve better control, better speed, and better accuracy
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Optimised tool paths: efficiency, control, and intelligence
One of the most appreciated features of CB Ferrari software is the quality of tool path creation. Proprietary algorithms are designed to:
- reduce cycle times, optimising every movement;
- • minimise machine stress and tool wear;
- ensure continuity and fluidity even on complex geometries;
- • offer the operator full control over milling or cutting strategies.
Features such as contouring with stock and drive profiles allow you to define trajectories based on the residual material, guiding the tool intelligently and drastically reducing time lost in vacuum machining
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Perfect integration with CNC and automation
Thanks to the in-house development of the software, CB Ferrari guarantees optimum integration with the main CNC systems used on its machines:
- Heidenhain TNC640
- Heidenhain TNC7
- Siemens Sinumerik 840D sl
- Siemens Sinumerik ONE
The result is perfect communication between CAM software, CNC and machine, with concrete advantages:
- • highest achievable feed rate
- • highest achievable feed rate
- • absolute accuracy in the processing of complex profiles
- • reduction of downtime and production waste
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CBF Software: real benefits for manufacturers
Developing software in-house means being able to adapt it quickly and accurately to the needs of customers. This is why CB Ferrari solutions guarantee:
- Total customisation
Functions, strategies and interfaces can be adapted to meet sector- and customer-specific needs.
- Direct and immediate support
No intermediaries: the software team is in-house, competent and constantly in contact with users.
- Seamless integration with robots and automation
The software grows together with CB Ferrari mechatronic solutions.
- Continuous evolution based on real feedback
Each release is based on real cases, real processes and real problems – and on real solutions proven in the field.
A lively, dynamic company that looks to the future
At CB Ferrari, talking about software means talking about vision. The Mornago headquarters is where mechanics, electronics and software development come together to create high-performance, reliable and truly useful solutions for operators.
Constant investment in digitalisation means the company can offer customers tools that are:
- • more powerful
- • more intuitive
- • more precise
- • more integrated
so as to meet the challenges of modern industry.
A clear message for customers, operators, agents and partners
This blog is designed as an open space for telling the evolving story of CB Ferrari: a company that not only produces world-class machine tools, but also invests in software as a strategic factor for competitiveness.
- Customers: they will find concrete, useful and immediately applicable updates.
- Operators: they can discover tools that simplify and speed up daily work.
- Agents and partners: they will see an Italian company that innovates, grows and aims for the future.
CB Ferrari is not only a historic brand:
it is a benchmark for those looking for excellence, reliability and real innovation.
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