SECTION 05 — Evidence
Customer Case Studies
Analyst note
915 factories globally use CAM Assist in production. Measured programming time reductions of 50-70% across company sizes (3-person job shops to ASML-tier supply chains), verticals (aerospace, motorsport, defence, robotics, oil and gas), and geographies. This is not a technology demonstration. These are production deployments by factories that stake their revenue on the output. When a machine shop running defence contracts trusts AI-generated toolpaths on real metal, the product-market fit question is answered.
915
Factories using CAM Assist
60-80%
Typical programming time reduction
5
Countries represented
Across every published case study, three patterns repeat. First, programming time drops by 60-80%, with some shops reporting higher. Second, the product pays for itself on time savings alone, often within the first month. Third, it makes junior programmers productive faster, which matters when experienced machinists are retiring faster than new ones are entering the workforce. Customer mix ranges from 2-person shops (Dreams Machining, Auxilium) to operations running 10,000+ part numbers (Hamilton Company). See The Machinist Shortage.
SECTION 02 — Summary
At a Glance
| Customer | Result | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Dreams Machining | $50K/yr saved | 2 days/month recovered |
| MSP Manufacturing | 1.5 hrs → 23 min | 5x daily throughput |
| Avalanche Energy | Hours → minutes | ~3 months saved/year |
| Xeon NC | 1 hr → 12 min | Avoided a hire |
| Total Mfg Solutions | 45 min → 5 min | 80-90% reduction |
| Frerotech | 60-95% faster | Some parts perfect first time |
| Shenzhen Ter | Hours → 30 min | 70% time savings |
| Arcamed | 75% automated | Targeting 90-100% |
| FJH Group | 70% faster quoting | Can't manage without it |
SECTION 03 — Industry Breadth
Industry Breadth
Aerospace & Defence
MSP, Align, Total Mfg, Dreams, Auxilium
Medical Devices
Arcamed, Hamilton
Nuclear Fusion
Avalanche Energy
Semiconductor
Frerotech (ASML supply chain)
Space
Dreams (Artemis), Auxilium
General Precision
Xeon NC, Maki, Bedford, Baltec, FJH
These case studies span the US (Florida, Indiana, Alabama, Nevada, Washington), UK, Netherlands, Lithuania, and China. 50 factories in China are using CAM Assist with zero local sales presence. The product is available in 13 languages.
SECTION 04 — Featured Case Studies
Featured Case Studies
Dreams Machining
$50,000/year saved
2 days/month recovered
"At our shop rate, that's saving two days a month. That's $4,000 a month. That's a $50,000 savings to us in our pocket."
"As far as value, dollar spent, it's the best money spent. To have a programmer basically sitting there working for you, whatever we need, it's always there."
"Embrace the technology because honestly, if you don't, everybody's going to run right past you."
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Customer since July 2024
1.5-2 hrs → 23 min
5x throughput
"We had one skilled programmer take about 1.5-2 hours to program a part. With CAM Assist, it took 7 minutes to get 80% of the way there, and the programmer spent 15 minutes fine-tuning it. So, in 23 minutes, we did what used to take nearly two hours."
Johnny Goode, President
"It's increased the number of jobs they can program in a day by at least five times."
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Johnny Goode
Customer since September 2024
860 parts in 6 months
~3 months saved/year
"Something that would take me hours to program, I can do in minutes. I can click a button and five minutes later I have like 75-80% of the program."
Anthony Stephenson
"Shops that don't adopt this kind of tool will eventually disappear. There's no way to compete with a shop that does have it."
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Anthony Stephenson
Job Shop
1 hr → 12 min
Avoided a hire
"What used to take an hour now takes just 12 minutes, and that's with better results. Hiring another programmer would have been a major expense. CAM Assist allowed us to achieve the same efficiency without the additional overhead or training."
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Evan Hayes, Co-founder
SECTION 05 — All Case Studies
All Case Studies
Precision Manufacturing
10,000 part numbers
5M+ parts/year · 10-20 new programs/week
"If a company does not adapt and adopt this technology, someone else will — and it will be difficult to defeat the competition without these amazing tools."
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Philip Linscheid, Director of Manufacturing
Aerospace & Defence
Several hours cut per job
Clear ROI
"The time savings alone mean CAM Assist has effectively paid for itself. Reduced programming hours, fewer errors, and improved machine utilization have delivered a clear return on investment."
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Daniel Smith, Manufacturing Engineer
Multi-sector
70-80% auto-generated
Hours → minutes
"The difference is incredible. It's like moving from caveman to spaceman. What used to take hours can now be done in minutes."
Jeff Maki, Owner
"I had questions at the beginning, but now I trust it 100%."
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Austin Whitmer, Machine Shop Manager (14 years experience)
Aerospace & Defence
45-60 min → 5-10 min
80-90% reduction
"Previously it would take me about 45 minutes to an hour to program those parts by hand, but with CAM Assist I could pump out the programs in 5-10 minutes."
Chris Battelene
"The other huge benefit is that guys who don't have as much experience with programming can run a machine and make parts. It helps bridge that gap in the learning curve relatively quickly."
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Chris Battelene
Customer since August 2024
75% automated
Targeting 90-100%
"Since August we have seen a massive transformation of what CloudNC can do and how much more accurate and fast it is in just a few months."
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Dominic Desalvo, CNC Programmer
Customer since April 2025
70% time savings
Hours → 30 min
"For a part like this, it takes several hours to program by manual work, but now we need only over 10 minutes with CAM Assist, and then it takes about 20 minutes for the manual check and adjustment, so the total time is just about 30 minutes. It saves 70% of the time."
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Jia Yu, General Manager
Multi-sector
50% time savings
Complex: 1 hr → 5-10 min
"Our enquiries are calculated much faster and more accurately, and that's where we win with this product."
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Marius Randakevičius, Programmer
ASML Supply Chain
60-95% time savings
Some parts perfect first time
"For some parts, the program came out perfectly the first time. We didn't have to change a thing."
Stefan van Bergen
"We don't see it as a replacement for the programmer, but as a tool. Let the AI handle the repetitive work — surfacing, rough milling, drilling — so that the machinist can focus on the critical details."
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Stefan van Bergen
Customer since 2023 (earliest adopter)
70% faster quoting
"Would you be able to manage without CAM Assist now? Honestly, no."
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Mark Hyde
Job Shop
No longer programs manually
"It's 100% different from anything I've used before, it's just opened up a whole new world really. CAM Assist has really helped our business grow."
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Andy Soos, Director
Peridot Corporation
Same-day quoting
Winning more bids
"Eventually everybody's going to use this, everybody's going to have it. Every business is going to figure out that why the hell are we paying this guy to sit there for three hours when he could be doing something else?"
Peridot Corporation
Space
2-person shop
Competing with larger businesses
Video case study. Providing components for Space Race 2.0 from Rocket City, Huntsville.
View case study →All case studies published with customer consent. Full versions at cloudnc.com/case-studies.