Sandvik Coromant Technical White Paper GTC （山特维克可乐满GTC技术白皮书）.pdfVIP

Sandvik Coromant Technical White Paper GTC Guidelines Introduction to Generic Tool Classification Sandvik Coromant Technical White Paper GTC Guidelines – White paper Communicating tool data among tool vendors and systems has always been quite a challenge. The introduction of the ISO 13399 standard has helped the communication process. In order to simplify the tool-data communication even more, Sandvik Coromant and Siemens PLM have developed a Generic Tool Classification (GTC) as a complement to ISO 13399. GTC is a vendor-neutral catalogue structure for classification of cutting- tool components. Tool vendors can use GTC to rationalize their data- exchange process and ensure an excellent communication quality. In this way, both time and money can be saved. 1. Challenge Sending and receiving tool data has always demanded a lot of manual work. It often includes reading from paper catalogues and manually putting tool data into tool libraries. Companies often use their own local standards for data description and management. Different organizations use different systems, which complicates the process. The basic difficulty is the absence of standardized structures and definitions. Manual data management is both cost- and time ineffective. Not only does it require a lot of manual work, it also limits communication between vendors and users. Furthermore, manual data handling always comes with the risk of human error. ISO 13399, a new generic standard for description of cutting tools, is a first step in addressing these issues. Its dictionary with classes and properties for describing cutting tools eliminates previous difficulties regarding product descri