Walter is introducing the world’s first digital design wizard for accelerating the consulting and ordering process. ‘Walter Innotime’ links existing Walter systems to the ‘Engineering Kompetenz’ of Walter’s engineers.

Based on a 3-D model of the customers’s component uploaded by a ‘drag-and-drop’ facility to the company’s website, Walter Innotime analyses which cutting operations are required and suggests to the engineer dealing with the enquiry (in future versions, directly to the customer) the appropriate machining tools with cutting data and prices from the Walter portfolio.

The engineer checks the proposal and optimises it, where appropriate, according to the customer's needs. As a result, the design process for complex enquiries is fast-tracked considerably – and the customer receives the most economical tailored tooling solution and a valid quote in the shortest time.

Dr Michael Hepp, Walter vice president digital business, said: “For our engineers and technical distributors, but primarily for our customers, Walter Innotime represents a milestone. We deliberate intensively over the component and can deal with enquiries so much faster – for our customers, that is something directly tangible.

“By combining the ‘Engineering Kompetenz’ of our engineers with the virtual intelligence of our software systems, we can assist our customers in finding, purchasing and employing the most economical tooling solution for them. In future, our customers will have to do nothing more than upload their 3-D component – quick and easy.”
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