Cutting Tools

Coating Process Provides Wear Resistance And Toughness

A Subscription To Spindle Speeds

A peculiar characteristic of machine tools is that they can't be put to use until the user performs a critical final assembly step-installing the cutting tool in the machine.

Cutting Tools For High Speed Milling Of Aluminum

Go with the flow—chip flow, that is. The uninterrupted flow of the soft aluminum chip determines the design of the end mills that Metlfab uses.

Face Mill Cutters Feature Large Approach Angles

Turning The Long And Difficult

This shop has made large turning work its specialty. In proving to its customers that it can perform this difficult work, it has started to win more "standard" machining jobs.

Drilling And Deburring In One Pass

Tool For Back-Chamfering, Deburring And Back-Countersinking

A Few Tricks With Turning Center Canned Cycles

Most turning centers are equipped with some helpful canned cycles. Fanuc, for example, has three simple, one-pass canned cycles (G90 for turning and boring; G92 for threading; and G94 for facing).

Inserts Feature Helical Cutting Edges

Deep-hole Drill Built For Efficiency