ANCA's Tool of the Year Awards Go to Turcar

ANCA’s Tool of the Year was announced at EMO Milano 2021 to celebrate the achievements of the global cutting tool industry. Turcar, a Turkish manufacturer of cutting tools and tool holders, won the #MadeonANCA and Virtual Tool of the Year categories, demonstrating their strength in practical design and manufacturing of a cutting tool, as well as imagination and skill to design a fighter jet using ANCA software.

Rauf Ötzürk, managing director of Turcar, says, “This competition has really been a defining experience for many people at Turcar. We collected ideas from all over the company and received many ideas for both categories.”

Thomson Mathew, an ANCA expert and judge, comments, “Turcar was recognized for its fully functional tool with axial and radial cutting features to machine five independent operations. An exceptional tool design that can produce its part in a single setup on the machine. The latest iGrind software and its flexibility is clearly on display with 27 different operations, advanced iGrind functions, Tool balance, Profile editor and Ripper form relief generously used to create this well-balanced tool. It was also impressive to see that the tool is completely ground in two hours with exceptional runout and surface finish.”

Thomson continued, “Turcar was first in [the Virtual Tool of the Year] category for manipulating ANCA's iGrind tool grinding software and CIM 3D tool verification software. A total of 61 operations were used to simulate a fighter jet model, effective use of advanced functions with latest version ANCA iGrind software with combining different TOM files.”