Cutting Tools
Inserts Ease Difficult Turning Applications
Walter USA offers a series of insert geometries designed to improve productivity in difficult turning applications.
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Asymmetric Inserts Reduce Vibration
The HM90 ADCT 1505 insert from Iscar features an asymmetric shape with different helix angles on the two cutting edges to reduce chatter and vibration.
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Crystallizing a New Approach to Today’s Turning Needs
A recently developed insert grade turns concepts for production turning operations on their heads. Shops cutting steel workpieces in high volumes may have to realign their thinking accordingly.
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Drilling Systems for Deep-Hole Operations
The Guided T-A and 3XL drilling systems from Allied Machine & Engineering are designed for predictable deep-hole machining.
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Anatomy of a High-Feed Insert
An examination of Horn’s recently expanded DAH series sheds light on the design features that make high-feed milling inserts effective. These particular tools also offer their own advantages.
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Internal Threading Tool for Small Acme Threads
A new line of Acme internal threading tools from Carmex features the company’s BLU sub-micron grade carbide with PVD triple coating.
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CVD Diamond-Tipped Cutting Tools Offer Sharper Cutting Edges
Available through Tyson Tool, Becker Diamantwerkzeuge provides standard and special PCD-compound precision cutting tools tipped with CVD diamond material.
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Heavy-Duty Mill/Drill Features Power Feed
Grizzly’s G0755 heavy-duty gear-head mill/drill features a motorized headstock elevation travel on a dovetail-way column for improved movement accuracy and increased rigidity.
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Magnetite Black Finish Resists Abrasion
EPi offers Kool-Black, a mid-temperature blackening system designed to produce a durable, smut-free black finish with no boiling caustic fumes.
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Grade Promotes Precision in Powdered Metal Machining
Sumitomo Electric Carbide’s uncoated BN7500 CBN grade is designed for high-precision, high-efficiency machining of powdered metal in industries such as automotive and agriculture.
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