FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 2016 ― MachiningCloud, an Industry 4.0 solution provider helping customers make better tooling decisions, is proud to announce the immediate availability of Destiny Tool, a supplier of high performance end mills for use in non-ferrous and high temperature alloys, on the MachiningCloud App.
Destiny Tool’s customers can now find Destiny’s product data on MachiningCloud, eliminating the need to search through printed catalogs, telephone calls and multiple websites to find optimal tooling. By using ISO13399 and GTC, the Destiny Tool product data residing on MachiningCloud is also easily imported into any shop software supporting these standards.
ISO 13399 is an international standard for the digital representation of cutting tool data. GTC (Generic Tool Catalog) is a complement to ISO 13399 for vendor neutral classification of cutting tools and data file structures.
Destiny Tool’s customers can now find Destiny’s product data on MachiningCloud, eliminating the need to search through printed catalogs, telephone calls and multiple websites to find optimal tooling. By using ISO13399 and GTC, the Destiny Tool product data residing on MachiningCloud is also easily imported into any shop software supporting these standards.
ISO 13399 is an international standard for the digital representation of cutting tool data. GTC (Generic Tool Catalog) is a complement to ISO 13399 for vendor neutral classification of cutting tools and data file structures.
| “MachiningCloud’s service of mapping Destiny Tool’s product data into ISO and GTC has saved Destiny Tool significant time and effort while accelerating their journey down the Industry 4.0 digital path,” says Chuck Mathews, Cloud Evangelist for MachiningCloud. |  |
For cutting tool manufacturers who do not have an ISO/GTC catalog, MachiningCloud provides the service to map their data into the standards and publish it on the Cloud. In addition, any cutting tool catalog that is already in ISO/GTC format may be easily loaded onto MachiningCloud. As a result, in both cases, always up-to-date cutting tool product data is available to everyone. The result is significant time savings and optimal tooling choices for customers when searching, selecting and sharing cutting tools for jobs; and when building assemblies and exporting the tooling data to CAD/CAM, ERP and other shop software.
Just 4 Simple Steps to Download Our Tooling Library
 Step 1: Log in & Create an Account - Click to Enlarge  Step 3: Pick the Destiny Tool you want to use |  Step 2: Fill in your Profile Info & Sign Up - Click to Enlarge  Step 4: Select the specific tool in the right hand column |
Where the Destiny Tool & Machining Cloud Partnership Started
According to Bernard Martin, Managing Director Sales & Marketing at Destiny Tool, the introduction to MachiningCloud started with a cover story in the January 2015 issue of Modern Machine Shop entitled ISO 13399—A Key Step Toward Data-Driven Manufacturing and then became a shining example of just how much our metalcutting industry collaborates to make everyone more productive.
| “I called Mark Albert about his article on the ISO 13399 standard. I needed to ask him about some specific information related to the standard that, according to our research, was still being developed and not really agreed upon by the ISO committee. (See below for more info on this). I explained to Mark some of the problems I had discovered regarding data field nomenclature standards, Mark suggested that I speak to Tom Mullen on the ISO standards working group at Kennametal, as well as members of the NOVO project team. Tom was very helpful and suggested some CAM software contacts to talk to about the subject. Eventually I talked to Mark Palma, Product Development Manager, at ESPRIT. Mark followed up with an email after our conversation: "I hope that I was able to help in regards to your questions about ISO13399. As I stated on the phone DP Technology is using the MachiningCloud to provide ESPRIT with tool definition\models from cutting tool providers." After talking to the people at MachiningCloud I was very excited to learn that the MachiningCloud library would not only be in compliance with the ISO13399 standard, but it would also be exportable to just about every commonly used CAD, CAM & ERP software used within the metalcutting industry!" |  |
It took Destiny Tool just a little over 12 months to complete the comprehensive library documentation process, but, based upon the customer feedback we've already received, it’s going to be well worth the effort.
Our customers can now download the tooling data for our end mills and import it right to their CAM system! This is going to save our customers a lot of time and money on data entry and let them focus maximizing the chip loads of our tools!
Our customers can now download the tooling data for our end mills and import it right to their CAM system! This is going to save our customers a lot of time and money on data entry and let them focus maximizing the chip loads of our tools!
Download the Destiny Tool Data!
ISO 13399 Nomenclature Confusion
Below is a diagram of that was sent to several people in our industry related to the question we had over the ISO 13399 standard. It appeared that within the standard several designators had multiple field descriptions. e.g "LF vs. OAL" Other common nomenclature used in the United States such as "LOC" where now being referred to as APMX within the standard. All of this was solved with the implementation of Machining Cloud because they are able to translate all of the field data and put it into a standard downloadable format.
| APMX - Depth of cut maximum "LOC" BD - Body Diameter BDX - Body Diameter Max at SDL "LBS Shank Necked Diameter" DC - Cutting diameter "DIA - OD" DMM - Shank Diameter LF - Functional length "OAL" LB - Body Length LBX - Body length max LU - Usable Length LUX - Usable Length Max NOF - Flute Count OAL - Overall Length | Please be aware that a new standard for defining cutting tool nomenclature has been adopted under the ISO 13399. This ISO standard specifies a common format for identifying and describing cutting tools for use in various CAD and CAM software applications used around the world. ISO 13399 is an international standard of parameters and information structure, rather than tool function. At Destiny Tool we have adopted the standard and can provide a data table in excel format for easy import into your tooling libraries. Above is a depiction of this new standard nomenclature. Please CONTACT US is you would like our datafile for your database. |
Here's an excerpt of the original email to Mark Albert at Modern Machine Shop regarding ISO13399.
| "I’ve spent today looking at the standards, talking to people and trying to see how they are actually being implemented. After all of this time I’m still confused as to what the standard is. Take a look at the above image. LF vs OAL - You will see that I have used several items interchagably on the Destiny Image attached. “LF” and “OAL” seem to be the same information. At first I thought that the LF was mainly used for the total length of the tool /toolholder combination (as shown in the ‘mtconnectGraphic.jpg at the right) but Sandvik has posted on their website (see screeshot” “sandvik example ISO 13399”) only the LF value and not an OAL value. LBX vs LUX - Again, I’ve listed both on the Destiny image attached. Take a look at the image "MTConnect Standard Part 4 1 - Cutting Tools” and compare that to the aforementioned mtconnectGraphic.jpg I’ve also attached a parameters spreadsheet for you to take a look at. I’ve highlighted several items that appear to being used interchangeably. Again, I’m just looking at what’s currently being used and trying to understand it for the past several hours and it seems to be really be opening a pandora’s box of new nomenclature that is not being used on a consistent basis." |   |
You can learn more about the premise's of the new ISO 13399 standard: "Information Management for Cutting Tools", Doctoral Thesis, Olof Nyqvist, Stockholm, Sweden 2008. You can also view the MTConnect® Standard: Part 4.1 - Cutting Tools
About Destiny Tool
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Destiny Tool has developed a series of high performance end mills for use in non-ferrous and high temperature alloys. Their unique cutting tools are specifically designed for heavy cuts and very high material removal rates (MRR) while at the same time providing a surface finish more commonly found with finishing tools. For more information about Destiny Tool, please visit www.destinytool.com or call 1-408-988-8898.
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Destiny Tool has developed a series of high performance end mills for use in non-ferrous and high temperature alloys. Their unique cutting tools are specifically designed for heavy cuts and very high material removal rates (MRR) while at the same time providing a surface finish more commonly found with finishing tools. For more information about Destiny Tool, please visit www.destinytool.com or call 1-408-988-8898.
About MachiningCloud
MachiningCloud is dedicated to leading a digital shift within the discrete manufacturing industry to deliver a new level of operational efficiency. Cloud-based applications, resources, services, and knowledge and digital product data from the world’s leading manufacturers of cutting tools, machine tools, workholding and specialty products are providing efficiency improvements by facilitating the flow of data to and from today’s data intensive shop-floor, software.
For cutting tool manufacturer’s and their customers, the MachiningCloud app is an Industry 4.0 solution delivering up-to-date cutting tool manufacturers’ product knowledge and data, fast-tracking cutting tool selection, CNC programming, simulation and shop floor operations. By providing data from the world’s leading suppliers, MachiningCloud eliminates the hassles of searching through printed catalogs, telephone calls and multiple websites to find optimal tooling, while also removing the burden of manually typing tooling data into CAD/CAM software.
For more information about MachiningCloud, Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 solutions, please visit www.machiningcloud.com.
MachiningCloud is dedicated to leading a digital shift within the discrete manufacturing industry to deliver a new level of operational efficiency. Cloud-based applications, resources, services, and knowledge and digital product data from the world’s leading manufacturers of cutting tools, machine tools, workholding and specialty products are providing efficiency improvements by facilitating the flow of data to and from today’s data intensive shop-floor, software.
For cutting tool manufacturer’s and their customers, the MachiningCloud app is an Industry 4.0 solution delivering up-to-date cutting tool manufacturers’ product knowledge and data, fast-tracking cutting tool selection, CNC programming, simulation and shop floor operations. By providing data from the world’s leading suppliers, MachiningCloud eliminates the hassles of searching through printed catalogs, telephone calls and multiple websites to find optimal tooling, while also removing the burden of manually typing tooling data into CAD/CAM software.
For more information about MachiningCloud, Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 solutions, please visit www.machiningcloud.com.
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