Cutting Tools

Turning Tools 22 Sep 2011

Live Center Turns Ultra-Small Workpieces

Riten’s extra-light (X-Light) live center is designed to turn workpieces weighing as little as 2 ounces at speeds as fast as 8,000 rpm while holding concentricity of ±0.00005.

Milling Tools 21 Sep 2011

End Mills Micro-Machine in Variety of Materials

Emuge’s solid carbide micro end mills feature a geometrically optimized cutting edge combined with a slim, concave, tapered neck to provide flexible milling solutions in a variety of materials, from 66 Rc hardened steel to graphite.

Milling Tools 20 Sep 2011

Ballnose End Mills Profile Small Parts

Sandvik Coromant’s CoroMill Plura ballnose end mills are designed for profiling in medium-hard to hard steels.

Holemaking 19 Sep 2011

High-Speed Laser Drilling With Air Flow Testing for 0.2-mm Holes

The FlowComp closed-loop hardware and software feature from Prima North America's Laserdyne Systems combines laser drilling with air flow measurement on the company’s 795 and 450 multi-axis laser systems.

Holemaking 16 Sep 2011

Accurate Live Tools Save Lives

By swapping its previous live toolholders for Mimatic models from Lyndex-Nikken, this manufacturer improved accuracy and rigidity in a critical drilling operation for a life-saving emergency rescue tool.

Holemaking 14 Sep 2011

Long-Lasting Inserts Break Drilling Bottleneck

Allied Machine & Engineering’s Gen3sys XT high-penetration drilling system helped this small job shop alleviate a drilling operation bottleneck and realize significant time and cost savings.

Turning Tools 14 Sep 2011

Grooving Tools for Turbine Machining

Iscar offers a line of extra-strength, standard grooving tools designed to efficiently and securely machine T and L slots, which are common in turbomachinery.

Cutting Tools 3 Sep 2011

Cutters, Inserts Increase Feed Rates

Dapra’s Rhino-Feed line of heavy-feed cutters and inserts are designed to enable faster feed rates in moderate- to heavy-DOC and -FPT applications.

Holemaking 2 Sep 2011

Micro Collets Increase Spindle Accuracy

Ibag North America’s micro collet system is designed to improve accuracies for precision milling and ultra-small drilling applications, such as in medical and other micro-manufacturing industries.