The company has released JenCNC, a 3D CNC software package designed to run its SmartMotors program. It combines features of both a CAD/CAM and a motion-control software package into a graphical user interface for controlling two to four SmartMotors in 3D coordinated motion.

The software offers real-time 2D and 3D plotting to the screen, DXF-to-G-code conversion and conversational G-code building.

It also uses a serial interface to communicate and control SmartMotors. With its ability to run in a constant vector velocity regardless of changes in direction, the software is said to be useful where dispensing, glue flow rate or adhesives is needed for a given process.

The software has been built on 3 years of infield testing and customer feedback in applications including routers, hot-wire EPS foam cutting, milling machine retrofits, sign making, engraving, CNC drilling, gasket cutting and adhesive applicators.

Features that increase throughput and quality, according to the company, are that upon start-up, the software automatically detects motors and performs a system update if any motor was changed out; a machine settings window allows for customization to physical dimensions of the machining space; and machine tolerance levels can be set to ensure that no product damage occurs in the unlikely event of motor drop out or path divergence.