Successful cutting trials at ISCAR Turkey

Highly successful test cuts were carried out at ISCAR Turkey’s main offices in Gebze, running SolidCAM’s new iMachining technology with ISCAR tooling.

Serkan Erkinci, Product Manager of ISCAR Turkey decided to carry out the tests after he had seen a video of the new system in action. He said, “The video showed iMachining cutting with ISCAR tools, demonstrating the incredible power of the technology. We had to see it for ourselves and confirm that it was true, so we invited SolidCAM to our offices to carry out test cuts on our machine.”

Ivan Cimr, European Sales Manager for SolidCAM set up the test cuts himself at ISCAR Turkey. “Setting up iMachining is very easy with the Intelligent Technology Wizard. The test part had already been cut on faster machines than the one available at ISCAR and, although my CNC skills used to be much better, Serkan and I succeeded in setting up the machining without any significant problems.”

The older Makino machine at ISCAR Turkey was not as fast as the Hermle C20U, used in the original video seen by Serkan Erkinci, so it was unable to achieve the same spectacular high speeds. However, running at its maximum speed with iMachining toolpaths, it still had plenty of reserve in gentle optimised movement, ensuring the tool load was low and constant. Despite the limitations of the Makino, Mr. Atilla, General Manager of ISCAR Turkey, and his engineers were highly impressed with the performance and capabilities of iMachining. Mr Atilla said, “I can always tell the difference between good and bad cutting from the quality of the chips. The iMachining chips are very homogenous, demonstrating very good, constant conditions for the tool for its entire cut.”

SolidCAM is already widely used by ISCAR Turkey for its tooling projects. Reducing machining times for its customers is a very important part of its business and SolidCAM provides the software to help it achieve its goals. Following the successful cutting trials at ISCAR, iMachining is poised to make big inroads into the Turkish market and help machinists across the country gain significant productivity improvements.

Revolution in CNC machining

Unlike other CAM software systems that leave users guessing at CNC machining parameters like speeds and feeds, iMachining uses a patented “Technology Wizard” that expertly guides the user through all steps to optimise the production job.

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