Know What Your Machine Will Actually Do
Before You Cut Metal

Know What Your Machine Will Actually Do
Before You Cut Metal

Developed at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), DigitalCNC reveals the real feedrates, limits, and kinematic behaviour of your machines directly inside your CAM system.

No production downtime. No data leaves your site. Just actionable insight where engineers work.

Know What Your Machine Will Actually Do
Before You Cut Metal

Know What Your Machine Will Actually Do
Before You Cut Metal

Developed at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), DigitalCNC reveals the real feedrates, limits, and kinematic behaviour of your machines directly inside your CAM system.

No production downtime. No data leaves your site. Just actionable insight where engineers work.

Beyond Simulation

We help engineers move from guesswork to guaranteed performance

The Cost of Guesswork – Stop Burning Money Testing Toolpaths on the Machine

Every on-machine test wastes hours on a £300/hour asset that isn’t cutting revenue parts. With DigitalCNC, test hundreds of machining strategies virtually in seconds — no downtime, no scrap.

The Gap Between CAM and Reality – CAM Assumes Ideal Motion. Machines Don’t.

High-efficiency toolpaths look perfect in CAM, but feedrates collapse in tight corners. DigitalCNC models your machine’s real kinematics, so you can see where time and accuracy are lost before a chip is cut.

The DigitalCNC Solution – Predict. Compare. Optimise.

DigitalCNC bridges design and reality — analysing machine-specific feedrates, acceleration limits, and cycle-time variance directly inside your CAM system. Zero downtime, instant insight.

Beyond Simulation

We help engineers move from guesswork to guaranteed performance

The Cost of Guesswork – Stop Burning Money Testing Toolpaths on the Machine

Every on-machine test wastes hours on a £300/hour asset that isn’t cutting revenue parts. With DigitalCNC, test hundreds of machining strategies virtually in seconds — no downtime, no scrap.

The Gap Between CAM and Reality – CAM Assumes Ideal Motion. Machines Don’t.

High-efficiency toolpaths look perfect in CAM, but feedrates collapse in tight corners. DigitalCNC models your machine’s real kinematics, so you can see where time and accuracy are lost before a chip is cut.

The DigitalCNC Solution – Predict. Compare. Optimise.

DigitalCNC bridges design and reality — analysing machine-specific feedrates, acceleration limits, and cycle-time variance directly inside your CAM system. Zero downtime, instant insight.

DigitalCNC runs inside your existing CAM system, using real machine data to show exactly how toolpaths will behave — before you cut metal.

Simulate feedrates, spot bottlenecks, and optimise machining offline, in just five clicks.

  • Install in Less than 1 Minute

  • Integrates directly into CAM (on-prem, secure)

  • Seamless, lightweight integration

  • Simulates real machine kinematics

  • Zero downtime, zero post-install config

  • Supports 3-axis. 5-axis in development

DigitalCNC runs inside your existing CAM system, using real machine data to show exactly how toolpaths will behave — before you cut metal.

Simulate feedrates, spot bottlenecks, and optimise machining offline, in just five clicks.

  • Install in Less than 1 Minute

  • Integrates directly into CAM (on-prem, secure)

  • Seamless, lightweight integration

  • Simulates real machine kinematics

  • Zero downtime, zero post-install config

  • Supports 3-axis. 5-axis in development

Rooted in academic research and industrial experience, our team blends deep expertise with bold thinking to shape the future of CNC machining.

Dr Rob Ward

CEO & Co-Founder

David Wilkinson

CTO & Co-Founder

Keith Ridgway OBE

Chairman

Keith Graham

VP Product & NED

Peter Scott

VP Business Development

Trevor Thompson

VP Engineering

Ben Brixton

Junior Software Development

Rooted in academic research and industrial experience, our team blends deep expertise with bold thinking to shape the future of CNC machining.

Dr Rob Ward

CEO & Co-Founder

David Wilkinson

CTO & Co-Founder

Keith Ridgway OBE

Chairman

Keith Graham

VP Product & NED

Peter Scott

VP Business Development

Trevor Thompson

VP Engineering

Ben Brixton

Junior Software Development

Apply to Join the DigitalCNC Private Preview

See your own machining performance, quantified in time and cost.

Developed out of the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), DigitalCNC brings more than a decade of applied research in machining science and control engineering into a secure plug-in that runs entirely inside your existing CAM environment. Proven across AMRC Tier 1 industrial partner environments, it delivers measurable improvements in cycle-time, tool wear, and throughput without changing your CAM setup or sending data off your machine.

Participating sites receive a confidential performance report generated from their own machining data, highlighting where efficiency can be recovered and what that translates to in hours and cost.

Access is limited to a small number of manufacturers ahead of general release.