HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE
Since 1965 we have been manufacturing precision metal products in the United States. We are a veteran-founded, woman-led business dedicated to mak...READ MORE
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Sterling Gun Drills offers solid-carbide tip and flute gundrills in diameters ranging from 0.0530" (1.35 mm) to 0.1600" (4.06 mm) with overall lengths as long as 13.5" (340 mm). The company says the drills are useful for deep and precision hole drilling of various medical parts, including probing devices and bone screws. They are manufactured with inch and metric drivers and feature a “D” or “teardrop” coolant hole. The drills are available in 30-degree × 20-degree or 40-degree × 30-degree “facet” or “sweep” nose grinds.
Many cutter designs are available, and variable teeth spacing (or variable pitch) cutters can be used to influence milling stability. Let’s discuss why teeth spacing affects stability.
