Industry 4.0 – Smart Cutting Tools, an Essential Part of 21st Century Manufacturing

By OEM Update Editorial November 1, 2021 3:10 pm

Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are driving today’s manufacturing, combining physical production and operations with smart digital technology.

With a heavy focus on interconnectivity, automation, machine learning, real-time data utilization and artificial intelligence (AI), Industry 4.0 brings to mind high-tech industries like medical devices, aerospace, and computer technologies. Certainly not cutting tools, right? Wrong.

“In the 21st century manufacturing environment, companies are embracing Industry 4.0 technologies, and efficient access to digital product data is essential to meeting the level of precision that is required in the cutting tool industry today as well,” said Bill Orris, ARCH Cutting Tools Senior Director – Product Development and Custom Solutions. “We are now capable of exporting tooling data of our products directly to our customers’ CAD/CAM, ERP, and other shop environment digital platforms, fast-tracking solid modelling and simulations.”

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