Metal Cutting Tool Maker to Adopt Manufacturing Specification

ModuleWorks announces that ISCAR, a manufacturer of precision metal cutting tools, is adopting the ModuleWorks Manufacturing Data Exchange Specification (MDES). Through this adoption, ISCAR plans to make its tooling data available in the open MDES format, enabling CAM software and CNC systems to integrate ISCAR tools and assemblies efficiently, ModuleWorks reports.

ISCAR’s adoption of MDES will expand the availability of standardized tooling data across the manufacturing software industry. CAM software and CNC systems that support MDES will be able to import ISCAR tool and assembly data without requiring custom interfaces or data formats, making it easier to integrate standardized tooling information into digital manufacturing workflows.

“CAM programmers rely on accurate cutting tool data to ensure efficient and reliable machining," says Meir Noybauer, business development officer at ISCAR. "Supplying our tooling information in the MDES format makes it easier for CAM systems to provide that data to their users, helping manufacturers reduce programming time and machine complex parts with greater confidence.”

“By making high-quality tooling data easily accessible to CAM and CNC systems, ISCAR’s adoption of MDES is an important step towards more integrated manufacturing," says Dr. Yavuz Murtezaoglu, founder and managing director of ModuleWorks. “With more companies adopting MDES, we are seeing a rapidly growing ecosystem where data flows efficiently and reliably across the entire digital manufacturing chain.”

ISCAR joins other companies using MDES to improve interoperability across CAD, CAM and CNC environments, including Autodesk, BobCAD-CAM, CHIRON Group, Cimsource, DN Solutions and PTC, among others.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.