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DUSTRY 4.0
MACHINING IN TELLIGENTLY

Virtual Manufacturing (VM) integrates digital
modelling and technical process simulation. VM
started as a production design tool and a means for
collision checks during machining; it is considered
a textbook “Industry 4.0” solution, combining virtual
processing with things (including the manufactured
product), based on data capture from sensors.

The third industrial (digital) revolution opened the
door to a new technological method – additive
manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing. Currently utilized
mainly for prototyping, this technology is beginning to
be adopted as a means of fabrication.
3D printing accuracy limitations cannot replace fine
machining. Yet AM is already a significant element
of the Industry 4.0 concept: it is enough to send the
computer model of a part to a 3D printer, which may
be located remotely, and then produce the part there.
This feature takes customer service to another level
and may significantly reduce delivery factors.

Cutting tool manufacturers are their own customers,
which means they can tap into customer needs
directly from one important source - themselves.
A good example is the MATRIX intelligent
computerized tool storage unit, developed by ISCAR
to improve manufacturing efficiency in its own
production divisions. Realizing that MATRIX could
resolve similar issues at customers facilities, the
system is today regarded as a typical component of
an Industry 4.0 directed factory.

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