Cutting Tools

Turning Tools 16 Dec 2014

Second Chances for Surplus Tools

A new website aims to give shops with excess tooling a way to sell that tooling to other shops. Cutting tool suppliers are using the site for their own excess tools.

Milling Tools 10 Dec 2014

Cutters and Inserts Enable Continuous Heavy-Duty Cutting

Lovejoy Tool Co.’s MaxCut 651 cutters feature a new chip gullet design and 0.250"-thick inserts for continuous heavy-duty work.

Turning Tools 9 Dec 2014

Chipformers Improve Surface Finish in Turning Applications

Iscar introduces three new chipformers for finishing medium and rough turning of steel: the F3P, M3P and R3P.

Milling Tools 1 Dec 2014

Cutting Tool Helps Automotive Manufacturer Implement Design Change

Horn USA’s Mini Mill helped Machine Tool and Gear mill a flat at 90 degrees from other operations.

Milling Tools 1 Dec 2014

Face Mills Keep Shop from Making Large Capital Expenditure

By retooling its machines with Tedimill face mills from Ingersoll Cutting Tools, Ward Production Engineering was able to take on a jump in order volume without making a large capital investment.

Titanium Machining 25 Nov 2014

The Anatomy of an End Mill for Titanium

Titanium is often characterized as a “challenging workpiece material.” Certainly, machining this material is a challenge to milling machines, cutting tools and workholding accessories that are suitable for machining more common materials such as mild steel, cast iron or aluminum.

Milling Tools 25 Nov 2014

Expanded Anti-Pullout System Enables Secure Titanium Milling with ER Collet Systems

Because of the extreme forces involved in machining titanium and other hard metals, it is necessary to take precautions to avoid pullout—the tendency for a cutting tool such as an end mill to gradually loosen in its holder and possibly be twisted out entirely.