JPG PDF PNG ? zip

PES Media

  • Articles
    • News
    • Features
    • Products
  • Video
  • Magazine
    • Digital Editions
    • Subcontractor Sourcing Guide
    • Latest Newsletter
    • Editorial Programme
    • Search Engine
  • Literature
  • Events
  • Associations
  • Subscribe
  • Advertising
    • Digital Advertising
    • Editorial Programme 2020
    • Media Pack 2021
    • Rates & Specs
  • Contact Us

ITC Invests in AXYZ routing machine

10 December 2018 • In News
ITC Invests in AXYZ routing machine

ITC's Georgia Graves operating the new AXYZ router

As a leading sign industry manufacturer of cutting and routing tools, Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) has now installed an AXYZ routing machine for the development of its next generation of cutting tools.

ITC says its investment in the new AXYZ 4000 Series machine demonstrates the Tamworth manufacturers’ commitment to customer service and product development.

The machine has been installed to enhance existing tools and develop new tools, providing ITC the machine capacity and time to endlessly trial, tweak and enhance existing product lines whilst offering the R&D engineers an internal testbed for all future product developments. It will allow the facility to put next generation cutting tool substrates, coatings and geometries to the test, ITC.

Discussing the new AXYZ machine, ITC’s Sally Hunt said: “First and foremost, the new AXYZ investment is borne from our desire to develop new cutting tool technology. Furthermore, it opens up new opportunities for ITC and its customers.

“For any sign makers witnessing issues with particular materials and jobs, we can take a sample of the material and do in-house testing without disrupting customer’s production. Having our own machine avoids inconvenient customer downtime and gives us the opportunity to apply a variety of cutting tools and machining parameters to achieve the best possible result. We have already improved cycle times, tool life and surface finishes for end-users by having the time to offer in-depth investigation and analysis.

“Despite this service being in its infancy, we already have instances where we have identified best-practice machining solutions whereby client workholding or machine performance may be inappropriate for the materials, processes and even tooling types. In the face of mineral filled ACM, the challenge is that different manufacturers use different material compositions and this has an impact on the cutting tool and machining process.”

Installed at the end of September 2018, the new AXYZ 4080 routing machine is a conscious decision by ITC to meet the ever-changing demands of its customer base. Following the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017, the machining of mineral filled ACM boards has soared and ITC is at the forefront of machining technology for this market segment. Like the rapid rise in low-cost imported ACM boards that have caused issues for sign-makers throughout the UK.  ITC says it is the UK cutting tool manufacturer right at the cutting edge, meeting and beating these challenges daily.

The new 1.5m by 2.4m 24,000rpm spindle machine has 10.8hp and this enables the Tamworth manufacturer to conduct extensive trials with a complete variety of cutting tool geometries, material compositions and coating technologies on every material and customer requirement that comes through the door.

ITC

www.itc-ltd.co.uk

Ed Hill

Author

Ed Hill
Deputy Editor

Tags

Industrial Tooling Corporation cutting tools signmaking

Share This Article

Tweet

Share

Share

Share

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter

Related Articles

New Widia inserts extend shoulder mill series

3 months ago Michael Tyrrell
news

ITC publishes latest product catalogue

10 months ago Dave Tudor
news

ITC continues investment with new ANCA grinding centre

2 years ago Michael Tyrrell
news

Most recent Articles

New Lotus manufacturing facility to make aluminium chassis

2 days ago Michael Tyrrell
news

Southern Manufacturing to return to Farnborough in October

3 days ago Michael Tyrrell
news

Nissan Sunderland's future secured by Brexit trade deal

3 days ago Michael Tyrrell
news

Share This Article

Tweet

Share

Share

Share

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter

January 2021

Subscribe to our FREE Media Network

INFORMATION

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy
    • Cookie Policy

CATEGORIES

  • Features (2,604)
  • Literature (174)
  • News (5,475)
  • Products (1,458)
  • Video (594)

TAGS

  • muffett gears
  • turning centres
  • Turning
  • semta
  • energy management

OUR OTHER MAGAZINES

Aerospace Manufacturing Logo Composites in Manufacturing Logo

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • PES Magazine
  • MIT Publishing
  • Featherstone House
  • 375 High Street
  • Rochester
  • Kent
  • ME1 1DA
01634 830566

Back To Top

1998 - 2021 © MIT Publishing
Site designed & developed by TJC