Cutting Tools
Inserts For Difficult Materials
Economic efficiency is an important consideration when choosing tools for challenging metals.
Read MoreOne Stop Milling, Drilling, Turning And Grinding
Many shops, in an effort to reduce the handling of workpieces and get takt times (time spent in the cut) as low as possible, are looking to streamline this traditional hurry-up-and-wait process scheme.
Read MoreToolmaker Boosts Productivity With Grinder
Given the vitality of the auto market and the growing trend towards aluminum as a weight-saving aid, the demand for this manufacturer's tools has been consistently strong. More than half of the business is regrinding existing tools for customers, with the short lead times necessary to minimize the customer's investment in expensive tooling.
Read MoreMills Hard Powder Metal With CBN Inserts
This shop machines hard, abrasive metal components for plastics-compounding and extrusion machinery. The components are barrels and screws used in machines for mixing and compounding plastic, food and industrial products.
Read MoreBore Gaging Flexibility Boosts Productivity
A key machining operation at the plant is the boring of metal; consequently, improved inner and outer diameter measurement ability is required.
Read MorePCD Tools Get Tough
Contrary to their reputation as tools reserved strictly for finish machining of non-ferrous metals, some polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutting tools now possess the durability to handle a much wider range of applications.
Read MoreSoftware Provides The Edge For Toolgrinding
These days, software is increasingly providing the machining skills that once were the domain of experienced operators. This is especially true at cutter grinding shops where complex three-dimensional geometry, difficult materials, extreme tolerances and short lead times are typical.
Read MoreFive Problems With CNC Milling Cutter Radius Compensation
The many rules of programming CNC cutter radius compensation can make machining problems difficult to diagnose and correct.
Read MoreThe Dynamics Of Better Drilling
Vibration is at the heart of a variety of common problems in machining holes. Mathematical analysis is helping to bring about a better understanding of hole-making processes...including how these vibrations behave, and what steps to take to bring them under control.
Read MoreReclaiming The Hole-making Process
A shop that had been farming out hole-making operations on oversized components brought this work back in-house after acquiring a large-format, CNC drilling machine. The process now can be done more quickly, at lower costs and on schedule, with many workpieces machined as assemblies instead of separate pieces
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