ANCA Sharp E-Newsletter

Learn how AB Tools is experiencing the highest sales in their 40-year history with most of their customers in the US as well as exporting to Canada, Mexico, Europe and even Australia.

ANCA is excited to unveil their new website that is packed with intuitive features to provide an improved user experience. The website is the door to the ANCA brand, products, services and company culture. With a fresh look and an intelligent design, it has been redesigned and rebuilt with the customer’s needs as the core driver.
 

Capable of achieving a surface finish better than 0.2ra with run out of less than 2 microns, the four-axis grinder complements ANCA’s full machine range

ANCA was honoured to be recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand’s Most Innovative Companies. Coming in at the top 6th most innovative manufacturing businesses, it showcased a recent customised solution for a grinding taps that can run unattended for 50 hours even while grinding multiple different tool designs.

Chinese tool maker CH Tools is taking a smart approach to managing labour costs to reap the benefits of a booming market

Scripting allows you to work smarter, improve productivity simply! Thomson Mathew, ANCA Software Product Manager explains how scripting is easy to learn. A powerful new level of automation, scripting can significantly expand the power of the ANCA software suite. Best of all, it is free to use and as a standard part of the ToolRoom software suite.

At ANCA, we supply the automotive, electronic, medical, aerospace and many other manufacturing verticals, and it’s our business to meet their fast-changing needs. We keep a close watch on market trends, and our salesmen and application engineers are constantly visiting customers’ factories. In fact, many of our own product ideas are born out of bespoke solutions to customer problems.

ANCA partnered with Zoller to build the infrastructure and shared systems to enable automatic communication between the Zoller Genius III and ANCA's iGrind, removing any need for manual input. 

US company RobbJack Corporation is a manufacturer of high performance rotary cutting tools that services a variety of industries including aerospace, medical and automotive. Read more to see how investing in new technology helps RobbJack to maintains their competitive edge in the marketplace. 

ANCA recently welcomed key government officials and customers to the opening of its new Technical Centre of Excellence in Shanghai, China and Wixom, USA.

iGrind is the heart of ToolRoom suite, and it’s used every day by thousands of tool grinders around the world. In this article, we'll show you five iGrind  tricks to get the best performace of your ANCA machines and be as efficient as possible.

Turkish tool maker Turcar are building a smart factory with lights out, integrated manufacturing.

Technology is transforming how a traditional customer service team operates, with remote diagnostics and preventative maintenance quickly becoming the norm. This technology shift has made the importance of a quality service team paramount to its customers’ success, ensuring they can minimise machine downtime and maximise production efficiencies.

This year we want to make sure our customers know what they need to do to achieve premium grinding conditions. In March, we shared ten top tips and this month we have some more information on how to get your facility in top shape. Follow some of these basic principles and you will see a difference in your grinding performance.

Capitalising on the tap market that predicted to reach $699 million globally by 2020*, automation means the ANCA TapXcell can increase productive grinding hours from an average of 105 to 150 hours per machine per week.

Increasing demands for mobile devices and changes in materials are resulting in a higher consumption of thread tapping tools. Designed solely to service this market the TapXmicro brings the complete grinding package into one machine.

 Earlier this year we launched Tool Tip Tuesday where we share tips on how you can improve your tool designs, save time and delight your customers. Posted on our social channels LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and on our website, every week we send out a new post on a range of topics. Simply follow one of our channels or look out for the hashtag #ToolTipTuesday to read our informative posts.

Tru-Edge Grinding found first-hand what can be achieved by setting up a facility to ensure high performance of machines, where they reduced power consumption by 4% while increasing productivity by double digit gains

ANCA is one of the first businesses to team up with Australia’s fastest growing business power retailer, Flow Power, to buy power generated by renewable energy sources. An innovative and progressive business model, Flow Power tackles the issue of price and environment with this unique offering. This renewable power, sourced from a regional Wind Farm, can be used in real time to offset grid electricity consumption, potentially saving thousands of dollars in energy costs

Benchmark Carbide has invested in 30 ANCA CNC machines with automatic loaders to provide unique soloutions for the aerospace industry. 

Simon Richardson, ANCA Product Manager has been working with Tool Grinders for many years and has had the privilege of visiting hundreds of tooling workshops all around the world. Meeting with customers in different conditions and with different grinding requirements has built his knowledge on how to set up a work shop to get the most out of your machines

Situated at the manufacturing hub of western India Aurangabad in Maharashtra, Aayudh Tools has been engaged in cutting tool manufacturing since 1990. Driven by a passionate and experienced professional Hemant Dadhe, the company has carved a niche for itself in the competitive Indian cutting tool market with its tailor made solutions and highly reliable tools

Chris Wagner and Karel Redig are Applications Engineers and together have over thirty years’ experience working with customers out in the field. Find out how our Applications Engineers help customers get the best performance from their ANCA machines.

The Cutter Grinder Facebook Forum launched late last year and is already a success with over 150 people joining so far. It seems tools are getting social with a group of likeminded grinders coming together to share ideas, tips and ask questions on how to grind the perfect tool.