Holemaking
Collet Chucks Overcome Distortion for Automated Gear Machining
To accommodate its customers’ need for just-in-time orders of small batches of gears, this company’s automated manufacturing cells rely on collet chucks that overcome a common distortion issue arising from tapping and heat treatment.
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Drills Meet Key Aerospace Standard
IMTS 2018: Dormer Pramet’s Precision Twist Drill series of drilling tools are manufactured according to National Aerospace Standards (NAS).
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Three-Edged High Speed Steel Drill Maintains Tool Life
IMTS 2018: Mapal’s Tritan-Drill series of three-edged drills now includes an HSS model for small-series production.
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Multi-Function Tool Reduces Inventory, Setup time
IMTS 2018: Carmex Precision Tools’ Multi-Function Milling Tool (MMT) is useful for applications including spotting and drilling, side milling, chamfering, slotting, grooving, and engraving.
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Entry-Level EDM Features Break-Through Detection
IMTS 2018: Methods Machine Tools will display Ocean Technologies’ River 300 EDM drill machine.
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Newest Innovation Redefining Gear Manufacturing
The conventional gear manufacturing process of moving a single part to individual machines for turning, hobbing, shaping, chamfering and drilling significantly increases the chances of concentricity error.
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Insert Drill's Redesign Improves Chip Control
IMTS 2018: Seco Tools will spotlight its redesigned Perfomax indexable insert drill.
Read MoreDrills Tackle Tough Materials, Flat Holes
IMTS 2018: OSG USA’s A-Drill series of carbide drills covers a range of applications and materials.
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Open-Bed VMCs Drill, Mill, Tap, Bevel
IMTS 2018: FlexArm will display FlexDrill CNC’s TRD series of vertical machining centers.
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Taps Cut Internal Threads in Half a Second
IMTS 2018: Emuge Corp.’s Punch Tap enables helical thread forming in cast and wrought aluminum alloys and similar lightweight materials.
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