The firm says that because users can create digital tool assemblies within CoroPlus ToolLibrary that can be subsequently imported directly to VERICUT, significant time savings can be achieved.
“We believe users can reduce the time needed to create a typical tool list by around 50 per cent, with the added benefit of knowing that the tools will be an exact digital representation of the physical tool and completely error free,” says MD Tony Shrewsbury. “All of which can only add up to further gains in efficiency when using VERICUT.”
CoroPlus® ToolLibrary is a digital tool library that removes the need for users to browse catalogues and webpages to find the required tool data. Featuring equivalent functionality, CoroPlus ToolLibrary is available online as a web-based application, and offline for companies where security prohibits engineers from accessing the internet.
The database is ‘open’ to all other tools from any supplier that conform to ISO13399.
Shrewsbury explains: “Tools imported using CoroPlus ToolLibrary are not just dumb CAD models, there is an exceptional depth to the useful data transferred ‘behind the scenes’, making verification and optimisation in VERICUT that much more efficient. And, removing or reducing the data input required by the CADCAM department minimises the risks of error. When you are compiling a tool list for a machining centre with upwards of 240 tools in an ATC it is not difficult to imagine a point being misplaced or the wrong value being entered. Also, there is the considerable time savings gained by eliminating the need to search catalogues and other sources for references and cutting data. With the extra reassurance that different tool items will always fit together correctly.”
“Selecting the right combination of tool holder, tool body and inserts is simplified and expedited using CoroPlus® ToolLibrary,” adds Pernilla Lindberg, Sandvik Coromant product manager for CoroPlus ToolLibrary. “Giving the customers the possibility to easily work with our tools and accurate data for simulation in VERICUT is a good example where ‘one plus one equals three’. This co-operation enables manufacturers cutting metal in any industry sector to increase the efficiency of their business.”
