Cutting Tool Management

 Cutting Tool Manager

 New Tool Manager

 Speed and Feeds

Cutting Tool Manager
 Why Using the Cutting Tool Manager?

 When creating an operation in ESPRIT you need to have an

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Cutting Tool Manager
 Cutting Tool Manager in the KnowledgeBase Manager

 The Cutting Tool Manager in the KnowledgeBase Manager is the

place to manage your tool database. When sharing the database
with other users, only one person at the time should access the
KnowledgeBase Manager.
Cutting Tool Manager
 Share Tools Across Tool Groups

 Create an extra “Tool Group”

 Search for a Tool

 Add a Tool to ESPRIT

Cutting Tool Manager
 Using Tool Groups to Manage the Tool Library

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Cutting Tool Manager
 Searching for Tools in the Cutting Tool Manager

 When dealing with thousands of tool, the biggest issue you may
encounter is to find a tool!

 The Cutting Tool Manager has couple functions to narrow the

search down.

 Let’s try on an example: “Find all Ball Mill Tools with a diameter in
between 5 and 10 mm, with a flute length that is at least 35 mm”
Cutting Tool Manager
 Add a tool from the KBM Manager to ESPRIT

 The KnowledgeBase Manager has been “separated from

ESPRIT” in ESPRIT 2008, therefore, the Cutting Tool Manager of
the KnowledgeBase Manager does not have the “Add Selected
Tools to ESPRIT” button like in ESPRIT 2007 or in the Cutting
Tool Manager of the Tool tab.
Cutting Tool Manager
 Cutting Tool Manager in the Operation Page

 In ESPRIT 2008, all the operation pages have been enhanced to

support the loading of a tool directly from the Cutting Tool
Manager without creating the tool in ESPRIT.
Cutting Tool Manager
 Cutting Tool Manager in the Tool Manager (Tool Tab)

 In ESPRIT 2009, you can access the Cutting Tool Manager at any
time from the tool tab from the menu KnowledgeBase/Cutting
Tool Manager
Cutting Tool Manager
 KnowledgeBase Integration in the Tool Manager

 KnowledgeBase Status of the tools

 Delete tools from the database

 Delete Association to Database

Cutting Tool Manager
 KnowledgeBase Integration in the Tool Manager

 Refresh Tool(s) from the Database

 Update Tool(s) in the Database

 Export Tool(s) in the Database

Speed Feeds Manager
 Create you Speed Feed Standard

 Get Speed Feeds in ESPRIT

 Speed Feed Calculation

Speed Feeds Manager
 Why Using the Speed Feeds Manager?

 When creating an operation in ESPRIT you need to define speed

and feeds. There are multiple ways to define the Speed and Feeds in
ESPRIT:

 Get the Speed Feeds from the Speed Feeds Manager (local/remote
database)

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When the setting of the operation is set to “Use Speed Feed KB=Yes”,
the computation of the Speed Feed is automatically done by ESPRIT.
Speed Feeds Manager
 Create a new Standard

 You can use the existing standard “Cut Data” of ESPRIT, but this
is “generic” database with a multiple material, condition, type of
cut and Material condition you may not use.
 In order to have an efficient Speed Feeds database, it’s
recommended to create your own Cutting Standard with your own
material, type of cut, etc…
Speed Feeds Manager
 Create Materials…

 The definition of the materials is split in two categories: “Part

Material Class” and “Part Material Condition”:

 The “Part Material Class” is the name of the Material you are cutting,
for example “Steel”.
 The “Part Material Condition” corresponds usually to the Hardness of
metal, of the way the metal is produced (die case, wrought, forged,
etc…), for example “HRC 20-32”
Speed Feeds Manager
 Create Type of Cut…

 The Type of Cut is a designation of the way the tool will cut the
material, for example: Side Milling, Slotting, Drilling, Plunging,
threading, etc…for example, Side Milling

Type of Cut using Cut Data Type of Cut using

Custom Database
Speed Feeds Manager
 Create Tools Materials…

 The Tool Material corresponds to the material of the tool such as HSS,
Carbide, etc… for example “TiAN Coated”; it could be also use to
define the tool vendor name, for example “KENNAMETAL – TiCN
Series”

Note: The Tool Material is valid only in the selected Standard.

Speed Feeds Manager
 Tool Material Limitations

 When creating a tool in the Cutting Tool Manager, you can specify the
Material of the Tool. However, since the Cutting Tool Manager “does
not know” what will be the standard of the document, the Cutting Tool
Manager will show the list of all existing Tool Material across all
standards. Therefore, if you define you tool material with a name that
already exists in the database; it will not be easy to select the right
material for the tool.
Speed Feeds Manager
 Tool Material Limitations

 The Tool Material is available in the document from the Tool dialog.
ESPRIT will list all the available Tool Materials of the current standard
in the technology page. Since the document allows you to pick only
one Standard, it’s very important to load tools created in the selected
standard, if not, ESPRIT will automatically pick the first available Tool
Material in the current standard and you may end up with invalid
Speed Feeds
Speed Feeds Manager
 Speed Feeds in the Operation Page

 When the Standard and Tool Material are correct and valid (existing
data in the Speed Feeds Manager), you will be able to get your Speed
Feeds directly from the database in the operation dialog.

Note: The Speed Feeds Manager does return only the XY Feedrate
value, the Z Feedrate is computed by ESPRIT as a percentage of the XY
Feedrate.
Speed Feeds Manager
 Create Speed Feeds Data

 When using the Speed Feeds Manager, after defining the material
condition, type of cut and tool material, you will have to define some
Speed Feeds data in order to get Speed Feeds in the operation

The data need to be defined for

each combination of Material/Type
of Cut/Tool Material because each
combination may give you a
different value.
You can enter as many “Speed Feed” references you want for any
unit. The created data will be displayed in a grid visible based on
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Speed Feed value and at least
two to get an interpolated Speed Feed value when the Tool Diameter/Cut
Depth does not exist in the database.
Speed Feeds Calculation
 Tool Diameter < Smallest Tool Diameter

 One Match: There is only one “smallest tool diameter”

Speed Feeds Calculation
 Tool Diameter < Smallest Tool Diameter

 Multiple Match: There is more than one “smallest tool diameter”

Rule: get the closest

Diameter, then the
closest Cut Depth
Speed Feeds Calculation
 Tool Diameter > Largest Tool Diameter

 One Match: There is only one “largest tool diameter”

Speed Feeds Calculation
 Tool Diameter > Largest Tool Diameter

 Multiple Match: There is more than one “largest tool diameter”

Rule: get the closest

Diameter, then the
closest Cut Depth
Speed Feeds Calculation
 Exact Match on the Tool Diameter

 One Match: There is only one “exact tool diameter”

Speed Feeds Calculation
 Exact Match on the Tool Diameter

 Multiple Match: There is more than one “exact tool diameter”

Rule: get the closest

Diameter, then the
closest Cut Depth
Speed Feeds Calculation
 No Match on the Tool Diameter

 One Match: there is only one lowest/largest tool diameter

Speed Feeds Calculation
 No Match on the Tool Diameter

 Multiple Matches: there is more than one lowest/largest tool diameter

Speed Feeds Calculation
 Speed Feed Interpolation

 When the lower and upper feed speed data is determined, the feed
speed calculator will use the tool diameter to interpolate the feed
speed data (linear interpolation)