Iscar Adopts Open MDES Tooling Data Format for CAM/CNC

CAM and CNC integration Iscar Adopts MDES for standardized tooling data exchange

2026-04-07 Source: Module Works 1 min Reading Time

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By adopting the open MDES format, Iscar is seeking to improve the exchange of tool and assembly data across digital manufacturing workflows.

By adopting MDES, Iscar is supporting more efficient tool data exchange between tooling suppliers, CAM software and CNC systems.(Source: Module Works) — By adopting MDES, Iscar is supporting more efficient tool data exchange between tooling suppliers, CAM software and CNC systems.
(Source: Module Works)

German software company Module Works announces that Iscar, a leading manufacturer of precision metal cutting tools and the largest company in the IMC Group, is adopting the Manufacturing Data Exchange Specification (MDES). Through this adoption, Iscar plans to make its tooling data available in the open MDES format, enabling CAM software and CNC systems to integrate Iscar tools and assemblies more efficiently.

Iscar’s adoption of MDES will expand the availability of standardised tooling data across the manufacturing software industry. CAM software and CNC systems that support MDES will be able to import Iscar tool and assembly data without requiring custom interfaces or proprietary data formats, making it easier to integrate standardized tooling information into digital manufacturing workflows.

As Meir Noybauer, Business Development Officer at Iscar said: “CAM programmers rely on accurate cutting tool data to ensure efficient and reliable machining. Supplying our tooling information in the MDES format makes it easier for CAM systems to provide that data to their users, helping manufacturers reduce programming time and machine complex parts with greater confidence.”

“By making high-quality tooling data easily accessible to CAM and CNC systems, Iscar’s adoption of MDES is an important step towards more integrated manufacturing”, said Dr. Yavuz Murtezaoglu, Founder and Managing Director of Module Works. “With more companies adopting MDES, we are seeing a rapidly growing ecosystem where data flows efficiently and reliably across the entire digital manufacturing chain.”

Iscar joins a growing number of companies using MDES to improve interoperability across CAD, CAM and CNC environments, including Autodesk, BobCAD-CAM, Chiron Group, Cimsource, DN Solutions and PTC, among others.

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