Article From: 2/7/2011 Production Machining
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ITA (ISCAR Tool Advisor) is designed to be a user friendly web-based tool selection software that is constructed upon a unique mathematical algorithm. The software provides an effective process of narrowing down all possible tooling scenarios, taking into account cutting conditions, machine power, metal removal rate and cutting time.
Users can enter two to six mandatory fields for quick results or complete more detailed fields specifying machine parameters, tool diameters, tool type, grade and so on. The application provides the three best tooling options, but can display as many as 25 tool recommendations per application search. Results include tool details, insert details, cutting conditions, power, metal removal rate and cutting time. Each search has a printable recommendation report valuable to the user.
ITA supports both inch and metric platforms and supports 25 different languages. Users can link to the ISCAR electronic catalogue, 2D and 3D tool drawings, product videos and pictures. The software can send users, via e-mail, a pdf file that includes the input and output for each application search.
The ITA software is available free of charge, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a direct connection to an ITA support team.
