ANCA CNC Machines US Showroom

ANCA Software Monitors Thermal Growth in Tap Production

Motor Temperature Control removes fluctuations caused by thermal growth, providing greater precision and consistency in tap production.

ANCA Tool Grinder Provides Consistent Cutting Tool Production

PMTS 2025: The MX7 Ultra tool grinder is designed to provide micron-level precision, reducing tool runout and optimizing tool life.

ANCA Grinding Platform Boosts Tool Grinding Productivity

The MX7 platform supports the grinding of various tool shapes in a single setup, eliminating the need for wheel changes.

ANCA Announces Recipient of the 2024 Female Machinist Award

Stephanie Chrystal, geometric grinding specialist at Sandvik Coromant, is the 2024 recipient of the ANCA Female Machinist Award.

ANCA's Tool of the Year, Female Machinist Awards Open for Entry

Submissions are open for ANCA’s Tool of the Year and Female Machinist awards.

ANCA Celebrates 50th Anniversary

ANCA CNC Machines is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a global producer of CNC tool and cutter grinders.

ANCA Grinding Machines Optimize Cutting Tool Performance

IMTS 2024: ANCA celebrates 50 years through the introduction of the MicroX Ultra grinding machine and AIMS Connect software, with live demonstrations.

ANCA Opens Technology Center in Korea

Located near Seoul, the new facility will enable ANCA to expand its presence in the Asian market.

ANCA Grinding Machine Enables Versatile Tap Manufacturing

The TapX one-machine grinding concept provides faster tap design, setup and changeover to reduce lead times and boost competitiveness.

ANCA, GDS Collet Adapter Improves Grinding Productivity

GDS’ µGrind workholding solution has been customized to suit the requirements of ANCA grinding machines and can be set up in minutes.

ANCA Grinding Solution Provides Flexible Five-Axis Machining

The TX7 Linear and TXcell Linear provide flexibility in the applications that can be put through it than other three-axis grinders more traditionally used for punch manufacturing.

Emuge-Franken End Mill Wins ANCA's Tool of the Year Award

Emuge-Franken received the award for its specialized tool based on the new Cera-Cut end mill design.

ANCA Launches Inaugural Female Machinist Award

The Female Machinist Award recognizes the achievements of female machinists in the tool and cutter grinding industry.

Zoller Automation Event Will Showcase Digital Transformation

The Automation Days event will feature presentations from customers, industry leaders and company experts on implementing optimized, connected and automated processes around the complete management of cutting tools.

ANCA Receives Patent for Motor Temperature Control Technique

MTC improves spindle accuracy and stability by controlling the temperature of motorized elements of the machine by special software in the spindle drive amplifier.

ANCA Machine Advances Cutting Tool Production

Eastec 2023: The MX7 Ultra combines new software, hardware and design features to make advances in surface finish, accuracy and controlled runout.

ANCA Showcases Latest Technology in Michigan Event

The event will feature live machine demonstrations, break-out sessions, networking opportunities and presentations hosted by ANCA engineers.

ANCA Offers Economical Pneumatic Grinding Machine

The FX5E features a swing-table pallet design to load and unload pallets.

ANCA Offers Grinding Machine for Manufacturing Cutting Tools

The new MX7 Ultra includes developments in the linear and rotary axis, tuning parameters, as well as several system enhancements and major mechanical changes.

IMTS Takeaways From the 91��Ƶ��վ�� Editorial Team

The first in-person IMTS in four years left the MMS editorial staff with a lot to digest. Here are a few of our takeaways from the show floor.

ANCA Partners With Fravic Daunert to Distribute in Mexican Market

Fravic Daunert will distribute the entire range of ANCA products, including CNC tools and cutter grinders, as well as the accessories that accompany them.

ANCA Creates Solid PCD-Tipped Helical End Mills, Drills

The company’s Edge machine is capable of creating complex 3D cutting tool forms, including solid PCD-tipped end mills and drills under 1 mm.

ANCA Announces SJ Tools as Winner of Tool of the Year

SJ Tools, the first ever Mexican winner of ANCA’s Tool of the Year, showcased a tool featuring a roughing tip just below the drill point to carry out high-speed drilling and chip management.

ANCA Launches Automatic Laser Marking Systems

ANCA’s RoboMate LaserEtch and AutoMarkXs expand the company’s lineup of laser marking solutions.

ANCA Introduces Tool Loading System for Medical Drills

ANCA’s dental drill loading kit includes tailored RoboMate pallets for FX machines using a FANUC 200iD robot loader.

System Connects Sequential Tool Production Processes

IMTS22: ANCA Integrated Manufacturing Systems offer factory-wide integration that is modular and customizable.

Next-Generation Cutting Tools for the Next Generation of Manufacturers

ANCA displays and demonstrates its operating systems and machines at IMTS 2022.

Quality Control System Monitors, Controls Batch Production

IMTS22: ANCA showcases a range of new technologies designed to grow capacity, improve profit margins and gain efficiencies.

Grinding Simulation Enables Growth in Custom Tooling

Simulation software both streamlines Gorilla Mill's grinding machine setups and speeds up the company's tooling design and verification processes.

Dental Drill Loading Kit Protects Delicate Workpieces

Anca’s dental drill loading kit includes a specialized pallet and altered robot grippers to support delicate, thin workpieces.

4 Ways “Tag and Track” Technology Keeps Data Chains Intact

Scannable images and tags inextricably link relevant information with workpieces, cutting tools and other physical assets.

2021 ANCA Tool of the Year Award Open for Submissions

Nominations are open for ANCA's Tool of the Year Award 2021. Deadline is August 15. Winners will be announced at EMO Milano.

Advancing Cutting Tool Production with Electrical Discharge Grinding

A wider power range and new erosion control features enable users of ANCA’s EDG machines to more quickly produce cutting tools that last longer.

ANCA Announces European Leadership Appointments

Edmund Boland is appointed general manager Europe, Martin Winterstein will be sales manager Europe and Jan Langfelder moves to global key accounts manager.

Is It Time to Reconsider Regrinding?

The advance of automation makes in-house cutting tool regrinding more accessible. An automated measurement cycle adjusts the tool path in grinding operations to make regrinding simpler to program and easier to automate.

Anca Upgrades FX5 Linear Grinding Spindle Power

Anca has upgraded its FX5 Linear’s grinding spindle from 9.5 kW to 12 kW, also offering a 19-kW upgrade. This power increase boosts productivity and flexibility.

Anca's EDG3 and SparX Erosion Generator Cut Cycle Times

Anca’s Electro Discharge Grinding 3 machine with Anca Motion’s SparX Erosion Generator uses a variety of tech innovations to maintain geometries and cut PCD cycle times by 50%.

Anca's AIMS Enables Modular Automation Capability

The Anca Integrated Manufacturing System is a modular automation approach for tool production that reduces downtime, streamlines handling and enables lights-out manufacturing.

Anca MX7 Linear Increases Taylor Toolworks' Grinding Flexibility

Anca’s MX7 Linear tool grinder gave Taylor Toolworks the power and flexibility to create large-diameter carbide tooling and meet the needs of many tooling markets.

ANCA Announces Tool of the Year Winners

ANCA CNC Machines has declared ARCH Cutting Tool the overall winner of its third annual Tool of the Year competition. JG Group and Turcar Won the Virtual Tool Category.

ANCA's ToolRoom RN34 Software Eases Tool Balancing

ANCA’s ToolRoom RN34 supports ballnose cutting edges, which are suited for the aerospace, die/mold, general machining and power generation industries.

ANCA's CIM3D Tool Grinding Software Enables Remote Programming

Version 9 of ANCA’s CIM3D or CIMulator3D tool grinding simulation software has an upgraded interface with fresh colors and icons for easier use.

ANCA's ToolRoom RN34 Software Eases Design of Complex Helical Tools

ToolRoom RN34 is the latest generation of ANCA’s software package designed for making cutting tools.

On Display at Eastec 2019

Here is an overview of some of the CNC machining and other technology showcased at the biennial manufacturing trade show.

Collet Adapters Preset Clamp Force, Limiting Downtime

ANCA’s PremierPlus collet adapter range is said to ensure consistent and repeatable tool runout of 7 microns or less during production runs and complement the company’s range of collet adaptors for shank tooling.

Robot Loader Accommodates Large Tool Sizes

IMTS 2018: ANCA’s AR300 industrial robot loader is a three-axis system with the capacity to manage 380 tools.

Manufacturing News of Note: August 2018

Shop tours during IMTS, a pre-show tool grinding contest and other industry news.

ANCA Group Appoints CEO

Dr. Christopher Hegarty will become ANCA's new CEO July 1, 2018.

Automated Grinding Cell Supports Multiple Functions

EMO 2017: ANCA will demonstrate its TXcell automated grinding cell, which integrates several manufacturing operations into a single production machine.

Linear Motor Ensures Smooth Axis Movement for Tool Grinders

ANCA Motion’s LinX linear motor technology is designed to provide manufacturers the toolmaking capability to produce highly polished flutes and gash surfaces to improve chip evacuation and aid tool performance.

Better Cutting Tool Production after Fire’s Destruction

A fire destroyed Taurus Tool and Engineering's facility, hindering improvement efforts. In its new facility, the company relies on ANCA tool grinding machines for standardized, streamlined production.

On-Machine Laser Measuring System Maintains Tool Grinding Accuracy

ANCA’s LaserPlus laser measuring system, an enhancement to the touch probe on the company’s MX and TX grinding machines, provides repeatable measurement to 0.0001" and automatic machine compensation while reducing scrap during production of precision cutting tools.

ANCA Expands Michigan Plant by Half

The grinding machine manufacturer serves its American, Mexican and Brazilian customers out of the facility.

Trial by Fire

Founded in 1976, Taurus Tool & Engineering started as a multi-step cutting tool manufacturer, and always had a good reputation for quality tools. It started with two partners and a team of skilled employees, ultimately growing its Schaumburg, Illinois, shop to 17,500 square feet.

All Fired Up

After Taurus Tool and Engineering, a manufacturer of custom cutting tools, lost its production facility in a fire, it was able to rebuild the business on an entirely new basis.

Tool Grinders Equipped with Tubular Shaft Linear Motors

ANCA’s FX Linear series of cutting tool grinders are said to provide higher grinding accuracy while reducing maintenance within a smaller footprint.

In-House Tool Grinding: the “Indirect” Machine Tool Investment

Though CNC tool grinders are used primarily by cutting tool manufacturers and regrinding services, several factors have made these machines increasingly attractive for in-house tool grinding by production facilities.

CNC Tool and Cutter Grinder for End Mill Production

Anca’s MX5 CNC tool and cutter grinder is designed for producing end mills in mixed batches.

A Streamlined Alternative for Automated Tool Manufacturing

This automated, single-machine system enables tool manufacturers to completely grind mixed batches of varying tool types and sizes unattended.

Last Glance at IMTS 2010

It would be impossible to cover all of the key exhibitors at IMTS 2010—even if every booth got merely a quick glance. However, the editors of MMS did get glimpses of some interesting technologies exhibited at the show...

CNC Tool and Cutter Grinder

The small-footprint FastGrind CNC tool and cutter grinder is designed for high-speed resharpening of tools ranging to 9.4" in diameter using custom iGrind software.

Software Provides The Edge For Toolgrinding

These days, software is increasingly providing the machining skills that once were the domain of experienced operators. This is especially true at cutter grinding shops where complex three-dimensional geometry, difficult materials, extreme tolerances and short lead times are typical.

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