Thursday, March 31, 2022
ANCA will exhibit at GrindingHub, the new tradeshow for grinding technology premiering in Stuttgart, Germany this May. ANCA will showcase the latest innovations of technology that cutting tool manufacturers need to remain agile, improve quality and grow capacity. At GrindingHub, to be held between May 17-20, 2022, ANCA will showcase its technology range at a newly designed stand that enables customers to grow capacity, improve profit margins and gain efficiencies. Deciding what technology to invest in should be driven by business goals, working with existing objectives, processes, data and ideas. Grinding machines, cutting tools and software are constantly evolving to be more efficient, flexible, accurate and automated.
ANCA chases customer requirements to identify the next challenge to solve — constantly iterating and refining its technology. Over its 40 plus years of operations, developments that were once considered cutting-edge are now business as usual — even at ANCA, we reflect on how revolutionary our early products felt.
Pat Boland, ANCA Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director, said: “We can recall a time when it was almost impossible to resharpen cutting tools on a CNC machine. That was until 1986, when ANCA launched our TG4, the first machine in the world to automate the measurement of tool geometry and regrinding through probing.”
“Or when we introduced the System 32 which, for the first time, applied advanced robotic software to tool grinding which enabled significant opportunities, for example, the soft axis or soft machine kinematics which simplified the grinding of cutting tools. We’ve come a long way, from probing for cutting tools, leading the competition in five-axis grinding or from simulating grinding processes before grinding with the CIM3D.”
“Designing the best technology requires a multi-pronged approach. We immerse ourselves in the market; are continually inventing; keep a keen eye on new developments and bring them into our applications. We seek out intelligent, talented people, and interact with customers daily to understand their specific needs. This is how we design and manufacture our market-leading solutions.”
Tags: ANCA, CNC machines, GrindingHub, robotic software, technology
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