ToolRoom RN34 is the latest generation of ANCA\u2019s successful software package that has been specially designed for the aerospace, die mould, general machining and power generation industries.<\/p>\n
Thomson Mathew, ANCA Software Product Manager says: \u201cToolRoom RN34 is aimed to be the differentiator among many suppliers of endmill manufactures in the industry by allowing customers to design complex geometries through software to achieve increased tool life, productivity, cutting volume and increased quality and precision of the workpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe constant helix ballnose option, for example, is replaced by a graphical drag-and-drop designer. This ballnose type of tool, with optimised irregular helix curves to reduce vibration, and with near-instant visualisation easily achieved by switching from the 2D projection of the cutting edge to the 3D.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new software promises benefits of:<\/p>\n
Douglas Franke, Fraisa Production Manager said: \u201cwith ANCA\u2019s balancing software we have a tool balanced generally within five minutes. Some of our more complex tooling can take a little longer \u2013 up to 20 minutes. This drastically decreased our time in setup on the machine which could take several hours. Our biggest success story has been an aerospace customer who is running our 1\u201d aluminium roughing tool at 25k rpm.\u201d<\/p>\n
ANCA’s ToolRoom software provides industry renowned tool design flexibility, from the simplest to the most challenging tasks. With the benefit of over 40 years of grinding knowledge, ToolRoom supports both manufacturing or regrinding applications. Flexibility is further enhanced by the fact that ANCA develops all aspects of the machine in house – from the CNC control system and application software to the machine and its accessories.<\/p>\n
Technical information on new features<\/strong> The new ballnose cycles allow end users to manufacture a range of ballnose tools suitable for finishing and roughing. The new designer edge can accommodate high helix on ball cutting edge for better fracture resistance and reduced vibration due to the irregular curve.<\/p>\n NEW TOOLTYPE \u2013 DOUBLE CORNER RADIUS<\/p>\n The double corner radius allows the design of barrel shape or lens shaped tools with larger to<\/p>\n smaller or smaller to larger radius from the end of tool. Vibration and deflection are reduced with<\/p>\n this style of geometry and the thinner chips that are formed provide longer tool life and enhanced<\/p>\n performance.<\/p>\n TOOL BALANCING \u2013 GET THE BALANCE RIGHT WITH AUTOMATIC BALANCING<\/p>\n Tool balancing is done on variable helix and pitch or single flute tools to minimise the eccentric<\/p>\n weight distribution when using high speed machining. The benefits include reduced noise<\/p>\n and vibrations, improved machine bearing life, and better surface finish.<\/p>\n The different methods of balance are:<\/p>\n NEW FLUTE FROM SOLID AND FLUTE POLISH CYCLES<\/p>\n The new fluting cycles are catered for manufacturing variable helix and pitch tools to eliminate the harmonics caused during high speed machining by varying the time intervals between the flute contact<\/p>\n with the workpiece.<\/p>\n – Variable helix with NAS hook<\/p>\n – NAS hook with radial land<\/p>\n – Variable helix and pitch with radial land<\/p>\n NEW TOOLTYPE \u2013 LOLLIPOP CUTTER<\/p>\n A new ToolType is available from the endmill wizard to manufacture lollipop cutters. These cutters are widely used in the aerospace and die mould industries.<\/p>\n ENDMILLS \u2013 REVERSE INFEED IN SQUARE ENDMILLS<\/p>\n Support for reverse infeed when using large dish angles on square endmills where we can manage wheel wear with number of passes.<\/p>\n ENDMILLS \u2013 OD CHIP BREAKERS<\/p>\n New operation in Endmill cycles to add OD chip breakers.<\/p>\n EMBEDDED TOM FILES<\/p>\n This adds additional functionality in allowing one TOM file to be embedded into another TOM file.<\/p>\n HELICAL FIR TREE CUTTERS<\/p>\n Support for a wide range of constant helix, constant lead and shear cutters widely used in the aerospace and power generation industries. All the above are supported for unmanned production with the support of the inbuilt LaserPlus which is fully automated.<\/p>\n NEW TOOLTYPE \u2013 COUNTERSINK TOOL<\/p>\n A new wizard style ToolType has been added for countersink tools to support standard flute and fan gash flute style. The new countersink flute operation can define special flute shapes required for this application.<\/p>\n DRILLS \u2013 DOUBLE MARGIN FIXED OR FLOAT<\/p>\n A new feature is added to OD backoff\/raised land fluting operation for drills, to be able to produce second margin towards trailing edge of the tool.<\/p>\n NEW OPERATION \u2013 THREADMILL<\/p>\n Manufacturing of a variety of threadmills is now possible with the addition of two new operations to the operations list. Threadmill grinding and cresting operations are supported with formed and standard fluting operations.<\/p>\n NEW OPERATION \u2013 POCKET GRINDING<\/p>\n Pocket grinding software allows the user to quickly and<\/p>\n easily define PCD pocket geometry. This is required for PCD tools used mainly in the woodworking and aerospace industries for composite and non-ferrous materials.<\/p>\n ToolRoom RN34 is the latest generation of ANCA\u2019s successful software package that has been specially designed for the aerospace, die mould, general machining and power generation industries. Thomson Mathew, ANCA Software Product Manager says: \u201cToolRoom RN34 is aimed to be the differentiator among many suppliers of endmill manufactures in the industry by allowing customers to<\/p>\n
\nNEW BALLNOSE CYCLES \u2013 OD BALL FINISH AND BALL GASH<\/p>\n\n
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