The archetypal ever Mexican winner, SJ Tools wowed the marketplace with a cutting instrumentality that combined aggregate features into a azygous instrumentality wherever each features were finished with a precise close aboveground finish. The complexity of the plan was imaginable done ANCA’s flexible iGrind bundle that offers its users a myriad of precocious features. SJ Tools drill constituent was peculiar with a roughing extremity conscionable beneath the drill constituent to transportation retired precocious velocity drilling and spot management.
Into its 5th year, ANCA's industry archetypal contention announced winners unrecorded astatine the planetary commercialized amusement IMTS successful Chicago, IL earlier this month. The ‘Oscars’ of the Cutting Tool industry, participants and winners execute important marque designation with a scope of implicit 2 cardinal crossed extended media and societal media sum arsenic good arsenic wealth and different prizes.
Patrick Boland, co-founder astatine ANCA comments: “Every twelvemonth I americium delighted by the accomplishment and creativity of our customers and however they use the ANCA exertion to plan and manufacture marketplace starring cutting tools. I deliberation it is precise important to admit the astonishing results we spot crossed our manufacture and ANCA’s Tool of the Year is simply a accidental to get unneurotic and observe our vibrant and innovative industry.”
JG Group won the virtual class with an fantabulous show of creativity and 3rd runners up for the main ANCA Tool of the Year. The effort and originative reasoning process coupled with intimate cognition of the iGrind and the CIM3D bundle enabled them to plan a beingness size exemplary of the Hummingbird which was some beauteous and an awesome exertion of design.
Aleksandra Semeniuk, plan manager astatine JG GROUP has been producing cutting tools arsenic good arsenic instrumentality parts and tooling for manufacture since 2005. “The ANCA Tool of the Year contention inspires instrumentality companies each astir the satellite and brings a enactment of caller aerial to our regular work, stimulates creativity and allows america to interruption down barriers.”
No elemental instrumentality - SJ Tools takes the ANCA Tool of the Year large award
Edwin Juarez, CEO of SJ Tools says: “In this precise competitory satellite with the exertion that exists successful cutting tools, it’s a large accomplishment for maine arsenic good arsenic the full squad that works astatine SJ Tools (designing, sharpening, grinding, machining area, polishing, honing, quality, purchases, income and administration).”
“Our instrumentality was designed for a lawsuit which machines aluminium. With this instrumentality we could destruct 5 tools and instrumentality it with one. The archetypal and 2nd cognition performed was roughing and a spot breaker connected the extremity to interruption the chip, giving amended output and avoiding obstructions. The 3rd cognition interpolates to make a pocket. In the 4th and 5th we made 2 interior slots successful which we did roughing and finishing, besides ace polishing, and honing. At the aforesaid time, we managed to trim rhythm times, accumulation outgo and inventory cost.”
“There is nary elemental tool. That is wherefore I privation to item the engineering, design, and manufacturing squad since they worked hard analyzing each of our client’s operations to beryllium capable to make this tool. The acquisition and dedication of each squad subordinate that works astatine SJ Tools leads america to these achievements. It was created by observing, analyzing and detecting the needs of our client, and frankincense beryllium capable to make this solution.”
Independent judge, John Saunders who is the president of Saunders Machine Works (SMW) and laminitis of YouTube transmission NYC CNC says, “Congratulations to the winners! The exertion of some bundle and the ANCA grinding exertion was genuinely remarkable. The complexity, detail, and prime of the tools was outstanding. Thank you to ANCA for inviting maine to beryllium portion of the instrumentality of the twelvemonth contention and helping to stock our passionateness for educating the manufacturing assemblage astir the precision and capabilities of CNC instrumentality grinding.”
Winner Main category: SJ Tool
- First Runners Up: ARCH Cutting Tools
- Second Runners Up: TDM Cutting Tools
- Third Runners Up: JG Group
Winner Virtual category: JG Group
- First Runners Up: Centrum Techniki MACRO Sp. z o.o.
- Second Runners Up: Xiamen Golden Egret Special Alloy Co.,Ltd
ANCA Tool of the Year
There are 2 contention categories to admit some the functionality and creativity of cutting instrumentality manufacturers.
- The main prize goes to #MadeonANCA tools and entrants volition beryllium judged connected the signifier and show of their cutting tool.
- The 2nd class is for virtual tools arsenic the “Most innovative instrumentality design.” Entrants are encouraged to beryllium originative and usage ANCA instrumentality plan bundle to propulsion ideas to their limits.
The victor of #MadeonANCA receives $10,000 AUD worthy of ANCA innovations for parts, accessories oregon bundle that acceptable your grinding needs and the victor of the astir innovative virtual instrumentality volition person the afloat CIM bundle package.
SPONSORS
- Oelheld: The archetypal runner up of #MadeonANCA received from Oelheld Fluid Technology: 1,000 liters of lipid (a escaped archetypal filling for an ANCA grinding machine)
GDS: The 2nd runner up of #MadeonANCA received from GDS a μGrind ANCA collet adaptor. - TYROLIT: The 3rd runner up of #MadeonANCA received from TYROLIT - Schleifmittelwerke Swarovski K.G a escaped acceptable of modular grinding wheels for a CNC instrumentality grinder, and a grooming league for 2 people.
- Piranha: The archetypal and 2nd runners up of the virtual instrumentality class received one acceptable of cooling Line Kit from Piranha.
The contention was based connected the passionateness and the trade of instrumentality making and celebrated our highly skilled instrumentality grinding community.
The apical 5 finalist tools were judged connected the pursuing criteria:
- Best aboveground decorativeness successful Ra (roughness average) worth connected the flute oregon gash surface
- The instrumentality that was closest to the nominal tolerance arsenic stated connected the drafting successful presumption of diameter and illustration (i.e. if the tolerance connected diameter was +/- 0.010mm and the instrumentality was measured to 0.005 ranked favorably)
- Tool that was crushed to the tightest tolerance arsenic per the drafting (i.e. the instrumentality with the lowest tolerance ranked favorably)
- Level of complexity (i.e. successful presumption of the fig of steps, profiles ranked favorably)
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