CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
11 May 2011
Implementation Investments
ISCAR Tests SolidCAM iMachining at its Turkish Headquarters
Highly successful test cuts were carried out at ISCAR Turkey’s main offices in Gebze, running SolidCAM’s new iMachiningTM technology with ISCAR tooling.
Serkan Erkinci, Product Manager of ISCAR Turkey decided to carry out the tests after he had seen a video of the new system in action. He says, “The video showed iMachiningTM cutting with ISCAR tools, demonstrating the incredible power of the technology. We had to see it for ourselves and confirm that it was true, so we invited SolidCAM to our offices to carry out test cuts on our machine.”
Ivan Cimr, European Sales Manager for SolidCAM set up the test cuts himself at ISCAR Turkey. “Setting up iMachiningTM is very easy with the Intelligent Technology Wizard. The test part had already been cut on faster machines than the one available at ISCAR and, although my CNC skills used to be much better, Serkan and I succeeded in setting up the machining without any significant problems”
The older Makino machine at ISCAR Turkey was not as fast as the Hermle C20U, used in the original video seen by Serkan Erkinci, so it was unable to achieve the same spectacular high speeds. However, running at its maximum speed with iMachiningTM toolpaths it still had plenty of reserve in gentle optimized movement, ensuring the tool load was low and constant. Despite the limitations of the Makino, Mr Atilla General Manager of ISCAR Turkey and his engineers were highly impressed with the performance and capabilities of iMachiningTM. Mr Atilla says, “I can always tell the difference between good and bad cutting from the quality of the chips. The iMachiningTM chips are very homogenous, demonstrating very good, constant conditions for the tool for its entire cut.”
SolidCAM is already widely used by ISCAR Turkey for its tooling projects. Reducing machining times for its customers is a very important part of its business, and SolidCAM provides the software to help it achieve its goals. Following the successful cutting trials at ISCAR, iMachiningTM is poised to make big inroads into the Turkish market and help machinists across the country gain significant productivity improvements.
For more information:
Ivan Cimr
SolidCAM CZ
Merhautova 216
Brno - 61300
Czech Republic
E-Mail: ivan.cimr@solidcam.cz
Internet: http://www.solidcam.cz
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