T01
Custom Cutting Tools — Design & Manufacture
Standard and highly custom carbide tools for aerospace, medical, and automotive clients — step drills, form tools, and variable flute/index geometry.
38–50% client cycle-time reduction · lights-out 1–20 mm
ANCA iGrindCarbideGD&TDFM
- Challenge
- Aerospace, medical, and automotive clients needed complex tools that hold tight tolerances and surface finish while cutting cycle time — often several features (bore, slotting, chamfer) in a single pass.
- Current method
- Off-the-shelf or single-purpose tools meant more tool changes, longer cycles, and inconsistent blank sizes that wore grinding wheels unevenly.
- Implemented method
- Designed multi-form tools (bore, slotting, front/back chamfer on one tool), variable flute/index geometry to kill harmonics, polished flutes for chip evacuation, and custom blanking programs to control blank size and wheel wear. Rigorously tested before shipping.
- Results
- 38–50% client cycle-time reduction without sacrificing finish, fewer tools per operation, and repeatable precision in lights-out production from 1–20 mm.
