“We were the pioneers who systematically supported barrel cutters in a CAM system. We did this as early as 2002 and at that time we already provided collision avoidance for the shaft,” says Peter Brambs, Principal Engineer of Product Innovation at OPEN MIND. The topic of barrel cutters has accompanied OPEN MIND intensively over the years. The opportunities and benefits offered by this tool type quickly became apparent and the appropriate CAM technologies for this were developed systematically.