Cutting Tools

Turning Tools 27 Jun 2014

In the Groove for 50 Years

It’s an American success story. In 1964, William and Hazel Kaiser founded a company to produce and market Thinbit, an innovative line of grooving tools. At first, the business operated out of the couple’s attic and garage. Fifty years later, the Kaiser Tool Company’s products continue to help shops such as Mack Tool and Engineering with successful solutions for demanding grooving applications.

Holemaking 20 Jun 2014

Live Drilling System Precisely Controls Motion

The Live TriboMAM drilling system from M4 Sciences, featuring modulation-assisted machining (MAM) technology, is suitable for use with gun drilling machines and machining centers.

Cutting Tools 17 Jun 2014

Five Go-To Machining Technologies

There are a number of ancillary machine tool technologies that shops can use to become more efficient and effective. Here are five that I appreciate.

Holemaking 16 Jun 2014

Deep Holes with a Difference

Upgrading its deep-hole drilling capability with a Precihole three-axis machine from Absolute Machine Tools made a positive difference in this shop’s part processing, business strategy and customer service.

Milling Tools 13 Jun 2014

Cutter Promotes Chip Removal during Deep Plunging

Walter USA has expanded its Proto-max series of high-performance solid carbide end mills with the Prototyp Proto-max "Tough Guys" (TG) end mills, designed for use with steel, stainless steel, cast iron and super alloys.

Milling Tools 12 Jun 2014

End Mills Enable Peel Milling, Trochoidal Techniques

The T‐Carb line of six‐flute high-performance end mills from SGS is designed for aggressive high-speed machining applications using peel milling and trochoidal techniques.

Cutting Tools 10 Jun 2014

Tap Flute Design Promotes Chip Control

OSG's Exotap A-Tap series is designed to achieve better chip evacuation, especially during blind hole tapping.

Holemaking 9 Jun 2014

Swiss-Type Turning Centers with Modular Spindle Construction

Available from Yama Seiki, the high-performance Goodway SW series of Swiss-type turning centers enables flexible operations such as turning, milling and cross drilling for workpieces smaller than 42 mm in diameter.

Cutting Tools 6 Jun 2014

Cartridge System Protects Tools Against Crashes

Iscar’s Dove IQ Grip tooling system features a locking mechanism to accommodate wide inserts measuring 10, 12 and 14 mm, and mounted on a 53-mm blade.