New Walter GPS 3.0 now offers even more possibilities

By Niraj M Wanikar, Chief Editor, CNCTimes.com, 2015-08-07 15:59:33

With immediate effect, you can find here suitable tools for your freeform milling and external turning tasks. Do you want to receive recommendations for the most economical tool for your machining operation? Or even which specific tool to use?

In the new product-related search for bodies and inserts, you can build your tool piece by piece. And once you have found your solution and want to start using it? Walter GPS delivers all the usage data to you – from cutting speed right through to cut distribution.

Using GPS, it takes just a few steps for you to find the best machining solution for your component: Whether online or offline – simply use the tool search or the application recommendation.

GPS provides you with functionalities that lead you to your goal:

Tool and cutting data recommendations that are perfectly adapted to suit your machining task

Additional information on your machining strategy

The tools and cutting data can be individually adapted to your machine

Matching of machining tasks (e.g. core-hole drill and tap)

Cost-efficiency calculations

Creation of detailed reports

Easy transfer of the tools selected by you to the Walter Tool Shop

GPS offline: Installation and update

As an alternative to online use, you can also install GPS locally on your computer. To do this, simply click on the link in the info box to download the most up-to-date installation file. Alternatively, DVDs are also available for certain GPS versions. Simply ask your Walter sales partner for more information about this.

This is how to update your installed GPS version:

1. Establish a connection to the Internet and start your installed GPS version. GPS will then automatically search for updates and install them.

2. What if the computer on which you have installed GPS has no Internet access? That's no problem! As an alternative, you can simply click on the link in the info box to download the installation file. Save the file on an external storage device (e.g. USB stick) and then run the file on the computer on which you have installed GPS.

Software prerequisites:

Supported operating systems: Windows 8/8.1 (desktop), Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3+

You must have Microsoft Silverlight installed to use the online version of Walter GPS. Your browser must support Microsoft Silverlight. Microsoft Silverlight must be activated in the browser. If Microsoft Silverlight is not installed, activated or supported, the HTML5 version of Walter GPS starts up (a corresponding message is displayed). However, this version currently only has limited functions.

Hardware prerequisites:

Processor with 1.6 GHz or faster, 1 GB (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) RAM (512 MB more is required if the application is running in a virtual environment) DirectX 9 compatible video card with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or higher. Installing the offline version requires 4 GB of available storage capacity on the hard drive.

Installation rights: 

Online version: To start the installation program for Microsoft Silverlight on the PC, the user requires administrator rights.

Offline version: To start the GPS installer, the user requires administrator rights on the PC.

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