Platinum Tooling Technologies adds marking, cleaning tool line

Platinum Tooling Technologies, Prospect Heights, Ill., has added the Andreas Maier line of marking and cleaning tools and will sell them under the AMF brand.

“This development brings additional products to our current customers and responds to the market needs for quality marking and cleaning tools for workpieces in CNC machining,” said Preben Hansen, president of Platinum Tooling Technologies.

The marking tools are used for the permanent marking of workpieces made from all types of metal and thermoplastic substrates. They typically are mounted in toolholders for use in the spindle of a CNC machine tool. Marking of surfaces is achieved by a combination of pressure and material displacement.

These tools can function with or without rotation and usually without height adjustment on the spindle.

The cleaning tools are used for cleaning workpieces, tooling, and the interior of CNC machines. They typically are clamped in toolholders and mounted directly onto the machine spindle. Using through-spindle coolant or compressed air, the cleaning tool removes swarf and other debris from workpieces, clamping tools, rotary tables, and other fixtures before the next workpiece blank is loaded.

Models are available in horizontal or vertical styles to suit the machine spindle configuration and feature adjustable jet nozzles for precise cleaning and coolant or compressed air conservation.