WIDIA introduces NOVO offering digital knowledge

NOVO digitizes tool, rules, and application knowledge and remakes estimating, planning, production, inventory and more.

Getting the right tools with the right fit in the right situation is automatic with NOVO from WIDIA.

Results are possible through integrating accurate, complete tool data, rules, and application knowledge digitally to dramatically rethink and shorten process planning, adding real value to CAD/CAM, CNC machine control, presetting, inventory management, and more.

This is what WIDIA envisions with their launch of their new NOVO desktop and tablet application—on demand cutting edge delivery of cutting tool data and expertise for reduced product development and manufacturing lead times.

Thinking Like a Process Planner

“NOVO thinks like a process planner,” explains Thomas Long, head of the newly formed Virtual Machining RDE department at WIDIA. “It works from the feature back to the tooling strategy. Request a part number and you also get pictures, assemblies, spare parts lists, as well as inserts that fit. Not only does it accomplish in minutes what formerly took hours, it yields an optimized solution, backed by WIDIA expertise, every time.”

NOVO smart-attribute filters not only quickly select the products available to do the job, NOVO also gives the options on what cutting item and adaptive item fits and also works with the selected solution. NOVO smart filters take the task of selecting ALL cutting tool components from hours to minutes, while providing a comprehensive and accurate list of solutions based on customer input.

The Job Functionality option is a cloud-based repository linked to a user by a unique ID where tool lists can be stored for future use, editing, copying, and sharing. These can be easily downloaded into standard report formats and include tooling commercial and dimensional data and weights, speeds and feeds, and photo or CAD model images.

Seamless Connectivity, E-Commerce, and Tool Management

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Specifically, NOVO users can request a price quote from their local WIDIA Distribution Partners by transferring their shopping cart list to them via the “Request Quote” button. The distributor will receive a notification with complete detail of the items and requestor information to respond. A new pop-up also makes it easy to add spares and other individual items to existing shopping carts. Spare parts are clearly identified as “included” or “non-included” on bills of material.

ToolBOSS users on the cloud with the latest software version can now use NOVO to see if an item proposed for a process plan is already available in their ToolBOSS inventory, making both plans and budgets easier. Customer part numbers are automatically populated in NOVO Tool Advisor results and Tool Availability pop-ups via the ToolBOSS database.

“By adding ToolBOSS credentials to their user profile, customers easily check the inventory in their local ToolBOSS units with their developing process plans,” says Chris Merlin, Marketing Manager for the Virtual Machining initiative at WIDIA. “They’re better able to visualize items already in their shop.”

Mobility

Users can leverage NOVO via the tablet of their choice. Android and Windows Tablet versions of NOVO are now available.

For more information, visit http://www.widia.com/