Mastercam, the world's leading CAD/CAM software, has teamed up with Kennametal, a global technology leader in metal cutting tools and solutions, to offer customers the ability to access tooling data for Kennametal brand drills and solid carbide end mills directly in the Mastercam tool library on their Tech Exchange.
With this collaboration, Mastercam users can now import data for Kennametal's most versatile and high-performance cutting tools, such as GOdrill™ and Kenna Universal™ solid carbide drills, and a selection of HARVI™ and KOR™ end mills, directly into their toolpath operations. This integration allows Mastercam customers to save significant time searching for desired tools and building tool assemblies.
"We are excited to offer these high-performance drills and endmills from Kennametal in a native Mastercam tool library format and make it available to our user base of over 300,000," said Stas Mylek, Partnership Program Manager, CNC Software, LLC. "The collaborative effort between both companies provides Mastercam users easy and integrated access to the latest cutting tools from Kennametal."
"The integration of our tooling data within Mastercam's library digitizes Kennametal innovation and productivity, making it easier for customers to identify tooling requirements, build machining strategies, and ultimately purchase our tools," said Eddie McBarnet, Vice President Marketing, Kennametal, "Our digital tooling data, in combination with the powerful Mastercam software, will enable hundreds of thousands of customers to quickly find solutions to their toughest machining challenges and be more productive and efficient using Kennametal tooling."
The Mastercam-Kennametal partnership is expected to strengthen the positions of both companies in the market and make it easier for customers to get cutting tools and solutions that are more advanced.