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Cutting Tools - Page 43
Microturning: The same, only different
- By Sue Roberts
- Nov 28, 2016
- Article
The size of parts that go into things like cellphones, high-end electronics, and medical and military equipment is continuously getting smaller as nearly everything in our world is being resized to fit in reduced spaces. In the aerospace and automotive industries, the constant goal of...
Sandvik Coromant launches new app
- Nov 22, 2016
- News Release
Sandvik Coromant, a supplier of cutting tools, is grouping its online offerings within the company’s new Ifind app, giving purchasers, engineers, and machine operators a new option for finding support for their manufacturing processes. Through the new app, the company provides extensive...
Countersinks redesigned with wider tooth design
- Nov 21, 2016
- Product Release
Walter Surface Technologies has launched the redesigned line of VP™ countersinks, designed to provide cool, precise drilling on stainless steel and other nonferrous metals. The countersinks have a wider tooth design for improved alignment and positioning and feature a mixture of chromium and...
Emuge opens new technology centre
- Nov 21, 2016
- News Release
Emuge Corp., West Boylston, Mass., has opened a new technology centre, which is designed to be a full-service resource for manufacturers to apply cutting tool application strategies. It is equipped with the latest 3- and 5-axis vertical machining centres, precision measuring devices and tool...
Walter appoints new director of marketing
- Nov 18, 2016
- News Release
Cutting tool manufacturer Walter, Waukesha, Wis., has appointed Kurt Ludeking as director of marketing for its World West Region. The announcement was made by Muff Tanriverdi, president World West Region. The World West Region comprises all the Americas as well as Great Britain. Ludeking previously...
New geometry rough-machines stainless steel
- Nov 3, 2016
- Product Release
Walter has introduced the RM5 geometry for stainless steel roughing featuring guided twin-channel coolant targeted at the chip. This targeted coolant delivery provides maximum cooling and enhanced tool life for machining ISO M stainless steels and ISO S high-temperature alloys, the company states....
Riding the Rails
- By Kevin Burton
- Oct 31, 2016
- Blog Post
If you don’t think railway wheel re-turning is a big industry, think again. Any company or municipality responsible for running railway cars, from heavy freight to light commuter, either is in the practice of re-turning railway wheels or outsourcing the work to someone else. Re-turning, which...
Coated CBN grade machines hardened steel
- Oct 27, 2016
- Product Release
Tungalogy Corp. has introduced the BXA20 grade, which is suitable for roughing and finishing operations, including descaling of case-hardened steel. This cubic boron nitride (CBN) grade provides good wear and fracture resistance in a low to medium cutting speed range, with enhanced tool life in...
Large-diameter drills feature coolant-through models
- Oct 26, 2016
- Product Release
Sumitomo Electric Carbide’s WDX series of large-diameter drills now includes the WDX-L coolant-through models. Reducing cost per part, this indexable drill features side port coolant. Because not all spindles are coolant-through, this tool allows for the use of coolant through the side port....
Interpreting When to Interpolate
- By Sue Roberts
- Oct 20, 2016
- Article
It is well-known that drilling is the fastest way to remove material. And time is money. So, what should you consider before using a slower process to create a large-diameter hole? Begin with the equipment capabilities. David Vetrecin, holemaking product manager at Iscar Canada, said, “The...
Is plunge milling still viable?
- By Nate Hendley
- Oct 4, 2016
- Article
Is plunge milling a lost art or an underappreciated but still relevant application? Or a bit of both? The main difference between plunging and traditional milling is the change in cutting forces from radial to axial. “Plunge milling takes advantage of the machine’s strongest axis, Z,...
Grades for cast iron turning incorporate new coating technology
- Oct 3, 2016
- Product Release
Seco’s new TK1501 and TK0501 insert grades incorporate the latest developments in the company’s Duratomic® coating technology. With this coating these new grades have a wider application range and an increased tool life, the company reports. Chrome Used-Edge Detection makes it easy...
Extended-flute cutters extend milling efficiency
- By Andrei Petrilin
- Sep 28, 2016
- Blog Post
Indexable extended-flute (sometimes referred to as long-edge, porcupine, and even porky) cutters are universally regarded as the ideal tools for high-performance rough milling, when a machining allowance per pass is significant. For milling deep shoulders, cavities, and pockets or wide edges...
Reamers create tight tolerances
- Sep 27, 2016
- Product Release
Allied Machine & Engineering Corp. has introduced the S.C.A.M.I. line of ALVAN® expandable precision reamers. These reamers are offered with carbide, cermet, polycrystalline diamond (PCD), and cubic boron nitride (CBN) cutting edges, in diameters from 0.228 to 7.898 in., and with a variety...
Ramping cutter processes aluminum
- Sep 22, 2016
- Product Release
Walter has introduced the M2131 Sky·tec™ ramping cutter for the machining of nonferrous metals such as aluminum wrought alloys and aluminum lithium alloys. The cutter allows shorter machining time because of its high metal removal rate and increases tool life by reducing built-up edge...
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