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CONTACT: Kathy Linden
EMAIL: kathy.linden@kennametal.com
PHONE: 724-539-5698
Introducing NOVO™: Digital WIDIA Knowledge
That Delivers Extreme Results
NOVO™ digitizes tool, rules, and application knowledge and
remakes estimating, planning, production, inventory and more
LATROBE, PA – WIDIA has a saying: “Extreme Challenges – Extreme Results.” Over
the years, this has come to mean metalworking productivity breakthroughs for
numerous shops from such well-known WIDIA names as VariMill™, VariTap™, WIDIA
Victory™, and numerous others. In the future of what some have coined Industry 4.0
extreme opportunities exist in the digital integration of tooling data and knowledge to the
shop floor. Extreme 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.
“NOVO™ data represents real WIDIA tools and how they fit, function, and perform over
a variety of machining scenarios,” says Bernie McConnell, vice president, WIDIA
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Products Group and Services. “Importing NOVO ™ makes CAD/CAM programs more
functional and valuable because the tools fit and move as designed. Implementing
NOVO™ makes estimating and process planning a breeze because it supplies entire
assemblies and spare parts lists with “best fit” functionality that otherwise takes hours of
time finding in catalogs and product literature. NOVO™ empowers inventory
management, purchasing and other vital shop processes because it is real expertise
based on decades of development experience. It truly empowers shops to take on
extreme challenges with extreme results.”
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. In addition, each order number is tied to application data gleaned
from hundreds of subject matter experts and decades of WIDIA experience. 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.”
According to Long, NOVO ™ assists shop personnel in a number of intuitive ways, from
“I need to make a ½” hole x 1 ½” deep in ANSI 4140” to “I need a ½” by 5xD solidcarbide drill.” In the first case, NOVO™ helps users define machining features, drilling a
blind hole in this case, and then immediately reduces the product set to those that can
do the job, taking into account constraint requirements such as material, tolerance, and
machining sequence for both single tools and multi-tools. NOVO™ then ranks the
results—based on knowledge-based rules—to best meet the challenges of the
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application as defined by the customer’s operating environment and user preferences,
providing far more useful process knowledge than any online catalog alone, all obtained
in a fraction of the time.
In the second case, when a customer already has preferred tool and grade in mind,
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.
In both cases, NOVO™ ’s Tool Configurator then provides all CAD files and graphic
support for all tool components and their assembly – a major time savings for
customers.
Even further, NOVO™ ’s 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
Customers expect continuous fast development of technology platforms to deliver more
value. Since the 2013 launch of the NOVO’s original Tool Selector, Tool Configurator,
Tool Advisor, and job functions, NOVO ™ has added connectivity to E-commerce, easy
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ISO 13399 exports, and seamless integration to the ToolBOSS ™ tool management
system via the Machining Cloud™.
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 more efficient. 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. “Mobility is no longer a luxury.
With Android and Windows Tablet versions of NOVO™ now available, it brings an
element of added mobility and access to your tool list no matter which device you log
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onto,” Merlin adds. “This also makes it easy for people working on the shop floor with
tablets to collaborate with the process planners in other departments.”
For more information, visit http://www.widia.com/
About WIDIA
WIDIA-brand products and services have defined innovation in the metalcutting industry
for more than 80 years — from the world’s first patent for carbide indexable inserts to
the development of the world’s first coated grades. The WIDIA brand offers a complete
portfolio of precision-engineered products and custom solution services. With products
for thousands of milling, turning, holemaking, and tooling systems, WIDIA is available
through a worldwide network of authorized distributor partners who carry full-line
solutions from a single source. To locate a WIDIA distributor, contact: WIDIA Products
Group; 800.446.7738. For the latest WIDIA information, visit www.widia.com and follow
the company on Twitter ® (@widiaproductgrp), YouTube®
(www.youtube.com/WidiaSolutions) and Facebook®
(www.facebook.com/WIDIAProductGrp).
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Getting the right tools with the right fit in the right situation is automatic with NOVO from WIDIA.
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NOVO™ delivers 3D solid models along with complete parts lists for all components. Nothing is overlooked.
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More than a catalog alone, NOVO™ provides process knowledge, giving users a range of strategies to best
improve shop production.
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NOVO™ tools and process knowledge can be integrated into cloud-based jobs lists for easy organization.
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NOVO™ is accessible on tablets and mobile devices, bringing complete tool lists and decades of tool
knowledge to the table quickly.
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