
28 issue of ESPRIT de Corps that covers general use of the Tooling Manager). Once the tools have made their way into the Tooling Manager, they are easily sorted and categorized using the masterful sorting functionality supplied with ESPRIT’s Tooling Manager, which is backed by very Windows-like functionality (there was a technical bulletin featured in the Jan. ESPRIT has taken the potentially complicated duty of creating tools and made it simple, to the point where any programmer can create and add tools to our carefully constructed library. The ESPRIT Cutting Tool Manager makes the sometimes overwhelming task of creating, managing and testing new cutting tools a controllable undertaking. Things are no different at Belvac Production Machinery, where we are constantly looking for means of arranging and utilizing our cutting tools in ways that maximize productivity while simultaneously evaluating new developments in the cutting tool industry. This wide assortment of necessary cutting tools, though proudly and accurately collected, often pose problems to organizational methods and knowing when - and when not to - obsolete tooling based on new technology. Just as they did during the turn of the 20th century, those in the modern-day machining industry depend on a diverse collection of cutting tools to form raw material into masterpieces of precisely made parts. From ferocious boiler systems feeding belt-driven pulley lines that propelled manual machines to cut their way into history to modern day machining - where we smugly sit back and watch machines intuitively obey our every command - the principles of machining have remained the same throughout this astonishing evolution. I never cease to pause in amazement when I reflect upon the technological feats accomplished and built upon within the CNC machining industry. By DAN PARRY - manufacturing engineer with Belvac Production Machinery, Inc.
