Cutting Tools
Toothed Edge Extends Button Insert Advantages
Particularly for long reach applications, a button insert with a serrated edge can provide greater stability, less heat-generating friction and better chip evacuation than one without.
WatchBenchtop Tool Presetter Now Operates via CNC
The Speroni Magis benchtop tool presetter from Big Kaiser is now available in a CNC version for operator-independent measuring results.
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Evacuation Plan
Milling deep grooves generates tons of chips that are sometimes hard to clear. This internal coolant device provides an innovative solution to this challenge.
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Drilling Platform Performs Various Hole-Making Operations
The Top Cut 4 indexable drilling platform from Widia is designed for users that machine a broad assortment of products and need one drill for a variety of applications and workpiece materials.
Read MoreCutting Tools for Aluminum Include Polished Fluting Option
SGS Tool Co. has expanded its Series 43 cutting tools for aluminum.
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Video: HEM Versus Conventional Machining
A short video illustrates the differences between conventional machining with multiple shallow passes versus high-efficiency machining with a tool designed for deeper cuts.
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Seven-Flute Cutters Maximize High-Efficiency Machining Benefits
Imco Carbide Tool offers its Pow-R-Path IP cutting tools designed to maximize the benefits of high-efficiency machining methods such as those which use continuous tool paths.
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Difficult Materials Are No Match for Ceramic Inserts
TNG Energy Services Inc. was experiencing inconsistent carbide insert life in valve grooving applications. Greenleaf's Ring Max and face grooving tooling helped to reduce production time and increase reliability.
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Shop Invests in Tooling Up Front, Saves Money in the Long Run
Valve supplier Vortex needed to optimize its in-house machining operations. Seco tooling helped the shop improve tool life, cycle times and finish.
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Data-Driven Manufacturing Enabled with Tool Lifecycle Management
This video presents a lively and easy-to-follow scenario of how information about cutting tool availability links design, planning and production. Although TDM's tool lifecycle management software is brought into focus at relevant spots in this video, the larger message that "tool data management will be the control room of digitally controlled production" is sound and compelling.
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