IMCO Launches Easy Online Toolbot to Optimize Machining Applications
Machinists and programmers get cutting recommendations based on tool, material, cut type and machine limits quickly and easily.
Perrysburg, Ohio, USA – 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,” explained 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, said 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 said. “That’s what we do best.”
About IMCO Carbide Tool Inc.
Since 1977, IMCO Carbide Tool Inc. has focused on one goal: To provide manufacturers in a variety of industries with technologically advanced tools that will help them achieve new levels of profitability, customer satisfaction and a competitive advantage. By revolutionizing the way their tools are designed, produced, tested and used, IMCO strives to meet the ever-changing needs of a technologically diverse customer base. Now, as part of The IMC Group, IMCO will continue to focus investments on issues that matter most to users – product quality, performance and service. For more information, call 1-800-765-4626 or visit imcousa.com.
About the IMC Group
Comprised of 13 companies, with over 130 subsidiaries in 60 countries, the IMC Group has a portfolio of companies that produce a comprehensive line of high-precision carbide metalworking tools. A wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the IMC Group is headquartered in Tefen, Israel, where it was founded in 1952. Since then, it has grown to become the second-largest company for metal-cutting products in the world. Find out more at imc-companies.com.