Cutting Tools
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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Blind-Hole Taps Handle Stainless Steel Applications
TC142 blind-hole taps from Walter USA are designed for machining stainless steels and ISO-M materials.
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Expanded Toolholders for Swiss-Type Lathes
Tungaloy has expanded its DoMiniTurn line of external toolholders for Swiss-type lathes.
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Turning Grades for Cast Iron Extend Tool Life
Sandvik Coromant introduces the GC3225 and GC3210 insert grades, designed to cover all cast iron turning operations for both gray and nodular cast iron materials.
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Ballnose Cutter Adds Cutting Edge for Fast Feed Rates
Designed for the production of homokinetic joints of hardened steel in automotive applications, Mapal’s CPMill ballnose milling cutter has been updated for efficiency in pre-machining (soft milling).
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Drill for Titanium Resists Edge Breakouts, Micro Cracks
Inovatools’ Speedmax twist drill is designed for drilling in stainless steel, titanium and alloy steels at higher feed rates and with longer service life.
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Fast Delivery for Application-Specific Swiss-type Inserts
GenSwiss now offers delivery times of less than three weeks for application-specific Utilis inserts used with Utilis thread whirling rings and attachments in Swiss-type machines.
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Slide-Mounted Machining Unit Achieves Higher Spindle Speeds
Suhner introduces a redesigned version of its BEX15 machining unit, increasing spindle speed from 18,000 to 23,000 rpm for applications like small-diameter hole drilling or cutting metals with high cutting speed requirements.
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Improved Packaging Protects Drills
Precision Cutting Tools (PCT) has improved the packaging for its drills for better tool protection.
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