ITC stands tall in Dubai
Cutting tools provider Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) recently lent its support to Digital Fabrications in a special project for ‘The Address Downtown Dubai’ hotel in Dubai.
Monday, 10 Apr 2017 15:23 GMT
The Address Downtown Dubai and its new statues face the iconic Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world
Newquay-based Digital Fabrications was tasked with creating two 7m-high and 1.8m-wide Ben Barrell sycamore leaf sculptures for the hotel. The Address Downtown Dubai faces the city’s iconic Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
David Forsyth, owner of Digital Fabrications, comments: “We started with a 30cm model that Ben designed. We laser scanned the profile and used our Rhino 3D architectural software and Arcam additive manufacturing to build a model for visual reference.
“The next step was to scale the design up to the full 7m size. We sliced our model up and fitted it all back together like a 3D puzzle and this was how the full size sculpture was manufactured, in layers.”
Digital Fabrications machined layers on an AXYZ 2.4 x 1.2m bed routing device, whole the ITC Brit Cut range of long series end mills featured at the sharp-end of the process.
Being a UK manufacturer, ITC can provide new tools as well as re-grind used tools and modify tools for specific projects with an extremely quick turnaround time”
The company opted for an ITC Brit Cut 20mm 4-flute AlTiN coated square end milling cutter for rough machining the complete profile of the 7m model, as well as a Brit Cut 204 Series tool to expedite the rough machining process.
Forsyth continues: “All our routing tools are supplied by ITC as the technical support from Sally Hunt is second-to-none. In this instance, the long series 20mm diameter Brit Cut was recommended as the complete flute length could be used for machining whilst the overall length of 150mm gave us exceptional tool reach for completing each panel in a single set-up.
“Additionally, the rigidity of the Brit Cut eliminated vibration, improved surface finish and more pertinently, the tool life was exceptional tool life as a single Brit Cut tool completed the roughing of the 7m structure.”
Forsyth adds: “The support from ITC has been invaluable. Being a UK manufacturer, ITC can provide new tools as well as re-grind used tools and modify tools for specific projects with an extremely quick turnaround time.”
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