• Sandy Reynolds

Automated tool selection

Pathtrace Engineering Systems offers Automated tool selection system developed by EdgeCAM Automatic Tool Selector Lite. This reduces machining time and production costs and provides users with the optimum tool selection for machining, based on their currently available tool selection. EdgeCAM Tool Selector Lite automatically chooses the best tooling combination for the machining of pocket profiles. Size of tool, feed rate and maximum depth of cut are taken into consideration when selecting the tools for optimum cycle time. Download is available at www.edgecam.com, a free copy of EdgeCAM Tool Selector Lite.