Cutting Tools
How Scalable is Machining?
Tiny tools don’t behave like big tools do. One researcher explains why.
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Micromachining: Drilling Is Doable
This shop drills 0.020-inch holes as part of a machining cycle that also includes full-size tools cutting full-size features.
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Video: Drilling 0.020-Inch Holes In Stainless Steel Aerospace Part
This footage on a small drilling machining also includes machining with full-size tools in the same cycle.
WatchWhat Is The Most Productive End Mill In Titanium?
Boeing experts recently responded to this question when it was submitted through our Aerospace Machining Zone
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Specialty End Mills
Scientific Cutting Tools’ corner-rounding end mills feature three flutes and are double ended to provide maximum value. The cutter diameter and the cut depth are held to ±0. 001" tolerance to provide ease of setup.
Read MoreWhere Does Diamond Make Sense In Machining Titanium?
Boeing machining experts say one application is drilling Ti-Composite stacks. PCD does well here. The group recently addressed this question submitted through our Aerospace Machining Zone.
Read MoreHow Do You Maximize Tool Life In Aluminum?
Boeing experts say climb vs. conventional is not the key. They recently answered a question submitted through our Aerospace Machining Zone, saying the key to tool life is actually chatter control.
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Rapid Change Tooling
ITI Tooling says its Rapid Change tooling system offers a fast and safe way to exchange tools on CNC lathes. Swappable heads, static or driven, can be exchanged in as little as 7 sec, which reduces setup and tool-change times. The company’s cam-lock device allows users to release or secure swappable heads with a half-turn of an Allen wrench.
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Extra Tough Tool Steel Meets Its Match In Extra Tough Inserts
A new grade of coated inserts enabled this shop to cut an especially hard tool steel so effectively and efficiently that it could deliver a massive set of press brake dies on time. The inserts are part of Kennametal’s Beyond line of carbide tooling.
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Insert Grade Reduces Tool Wear In Demanding Cut
When shops experience insert wear, they often turn to their trusted cutting tool suppliers for a solution. In this case, however, Seco Tools not only supplied one customer with a new grade, but also conducted an extensive investigation into the shop’s processes to help it use that grade as effectively as possible.
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