NOVO Continues Reshaping Manufacturing Businesses With New Features

The WIDIA NOVO digital process planning system is continually reinventing manufacturing methods with its rapid evolution that sees WIDIA adding new elements to enrich content and continue streamlining machine shop processes.

Available in the UK through Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC), the WIDIA NOVO technology can supply a quick quote turnaround on modified standards of solid drills. Recently added to the NOVO platform is the quoting of modified drill sizes and an improved search engine and channel connections. “In minutes, NOVO can supply a quick quote turnaround on modified standards of solid drills. We’re continually adding new internal support systems that make finding the right tool even easier. Just tell us what you’re looking for and NOVO can quote it, with expected delivery – fast,” says Katie Richardson, NOVO Director of Program Management.

“We’re always working to improve our search engine. We took the ranking function of NOVO Advise and applied it to our Product Search so that NOVO can now rank the hundreds of turning inserts by performance and value that fit your tool holder. Machine shops can quickly choose the most effective tooling package based on performance, availability, price or whatever parameters they choose,” Richardson adds.

NOVO combines tens of thousands of tools with 90 years of process knowledge into a powerful, cloud-enabled digital knowledge stream that interfaces with CAM packages, pre-setters and a growing number of technology providers. Responding to user questions, NOVO defines machining sequences, selects and ranks the best tools, builds tool assemblies, downloads CAD graphic models for simulations and process planning and also obtains application parameters including speed and feed recommendations and inventory availability – all in minutes.

Tooling recommendations can be further optimised for a customer’s specific machines and conditions. “NOVO is creating new work habits that will result in new expectations for how products are created. Open platforms such as NOVO, keep winning in the marketplace because they make it easy for companies to do exactly that – rethink how work gets done and then go out and do it,” Richardson says.

For further details on how the NOVO solution can streamline your business and align your processes with Industry 4.0 technology, please contact ITC for further information.