
IMCO
IMCO Carbide Tool Inc. is rolling out an advanced customer ToolBot that makes generating carbide end mill feeds and speeds faster and more accurate, because results are customized for the user’s machining task and machine limits, the company announced today.
“ToolBot uses prompts and simple dropdown menus that make it incredibly versatile, fast, and user friendly,” explains Matt Osburn, VP, technical director. “But don’t let the simplicity fool you. This program is powered by the latest in high-speed database technology to help our customers stay a step ahead.”
The intuitive nature of ToolBot allows programmers and machinists alike to enter four simple pieces of information – end mill, material, cut type, and machine limits – into the online program, and ToolBot does the rest, explained Osburn. Prompts and dropdowns make entries fast and easy.
Users can select from up to nine common milling cut types from a dropdown menu. ToolBot automatically filters out cut types that are not recommended for the end mill/material combination, thereby avoiding poor machining results. In addition, ToolBot automatically adjusts cutting parameters based on the user’s machine.
Steve Avers, IMCO’s technical support manager, says final ToolBot recommendations will incorporate tool projection from the spindle in the speed and feed data, as well as provide ramp angles, machine horsepower and rpm required, and cut dimensions and layers needed. Users also can customize the recommendations to suit their needs, all without doing any mathematical calculations.
“Fast, easy and customizable cutting parameters are now available 24/7 for all of our customers, programmers and machinists,” Avers explained. “It really couldn’t be easier.”
Basic ToolBot features are available to all, Osburn said, but advanced features, such as saving and sharing ToolBot results, are available only to users who set up a free ToolBot registration. Registered users can archive and share cutting parameters within their organization, so having an account and login really pays off.
“As with all IMCO advanced technology, ToolBot helps give our customers the edge in a competitive industry to achieve higher productivity and profitability,” Osburn says. “That’s what we do best.”
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