InsertsPRO, ANCA's new special inserts grinding package, supports ISO-standard inserts sourced from global catalogues for any milling or turning machine —as well as customer-specific special inserts developed for optimized applications, all on a seamless, automated platform. Designed to deliver flexibility, speed, and premium-quality output, InsertsPRO is the smart choice for toolmakers looking to reduce costs, optimize cycle times, and future-proof production.
The company says that InsertsPRO delivers faster setup and changeovers through automation and smart workflows, reduced operator intervention and downtime for greater productivity, lower production costs with optimized grinding strategies, advanced simulation for first time-right production and fewer scrap parts, and seamless integration into existing ANCA ToolRoom RN35 workflows.
InsertsPRO is fully integrated into ANCA’s ToolRoom RN35 software, and existing ToolRoom users can upgrade to a suite of features:
- Advanced Simulation Tools – High-resolution 3D visuals, grinding path simulation, and integrated measurement
- Flexible Profile & Rake Face Design – Profile editor or DXF overlay with precise lead-in/out control
- Multiple Cutting-Edge Support – Uniform edge geometry with automated X-axis rotation
- Flexibility in Clamping Orientation – Fast changeovers with advanced transformation
- Optimized Relief & Rake Grinding – Wide range of styles, wheel types, and compensation options
- CIM3D Integration – Process validation, collision detection, and optimization for first time-right production.
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- gang cutting ( milling)
gang cutting ( milling)
Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.
- grinding
grinding
Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grinding (creates flat and/or squared surfaces); cylindrical grinding (for external cylindrical and tapered shapes, fillets, undercuts, etc.); centerless grinding; chamfering; thread and form grinding; tool and cutter grinding; offhand grinding; lapping and polishing (grinding with extremely fine grits to create ultrasmooth surfaces); honing; and disc grinding.
- milling
milling
Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle. In horizontal milling, the cutting tool is mounted horizontally, either directly on the spindle or on an arbor. Horizontal milling is further broken down into conventional milling, where the cutter rotates opposite the direction of feed, or “up” into the workpiece; and climb milling, where the cutter rotates in the direction of feed, or “down” into the workpiece. Milling operations include plane or surface milling, endmilling, facemilling, angle milling, form milling and profiling.
- rake
rake
Angle of inclination between the face of the cutting tool and the workpiece. If the face of the tool lies in a plane through the axis of the workpiece, the tool is said to have a neutral, or zero, rake. If the inclination of the tool face makes the cutting edge more acute than when the rake angle is zero, the rake is positive. If the inclination of the tool face makes the cutting edge less acute or more blunt than when the rake angle is zero, the rake is negative.
- relief
relief
Space provided behind the cutting edges to prevent rubbing. Sometimes called primary relief. Secondary relief provides additional space behind primary relief. Relief on end teeth is axial relief; relief on side teeth is peripheral relief.
- turning
turning
Workpiece is held in a chuck, mounted on a face plate or secured between centers and rotated while a cutting tool, normally a single-point tool, is fed into it along its periphery or across its end or face. Takes the form of straight turning (cutting along the periphery of the workpiece); taper turning (creating a taper); step turning (turning different-size diameters on the same work); chamfering (beveling an edge or shoulder); facing (cutting on an end); turning threads (usually external but can be internal); roughing (high-volume metal removal); and finishing (final light cuts). Performed on lathes, turning centers, chucking machines, automatic screw machines and similar machines.
- turning machine
turning machine
Any machine that rotates a workpiece while feeding a cutting tool into it. See lathe.
