Holemaking
Tooling And Accessories
A digest-size catalog from Eagle Rock Technologies contains tooling products and accessories, including chucks, collets, vises, knurls and more. Highlighted products include Knurlcraft, a selection of knurls and knurling tools for virtually any application; Wahlstrom Float-Lock fully automatic drill chucks and safety vises; heavy-duty Redmer air chucks; and Wettstein Tool specialty tooling for turning, milling and grinding. .
Read MoreMachining Long, Complex Parts
MAG Cincinnati’s E Mill is designed for machining long, small-cross-section parts used in aerospace, construction, shipbuilding and wind power applications. It is useful for titanium, aluminum and composite work on stringers, spars, beams and similar parts, the company says. The machine performs contour machining, routing, drilling and tapping to produce finished, complex, 3D-geometry parts as long as 40 ft.
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Drill Drives Tool Life, Cycle Time Improvements
This shop upgraded to through-spindle coolant as part of a lean manufacturing initiative but soon experienced tool life issues in drilling applications. With the Performax drill from Seco Tools, the shop not only addressed this problem, but also reduced costs and cycle time.
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Drill Helps Shop Balance Cycle Time, Part Quality
At Mill Equip Products, getting components out the door quickly is extremely important. A difficult drilling operation had the shop considering a $5,000 option for its milling machine to reduce cycle time until it found a simpler, less costly solution—the R458 MP-X drill from Dormer Precision. The drill’s geometry and long tool life enabled the shop to reduce production time on the job by more than two weeks.
Read MoreDrill Point Grinders
Cuttermasters’ GSC drill point grinders are designed to regrind drills with diameters ranging from 0. 098 to 1. 032".
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Adjustable Drill Drives Inventory Cost Savings
During a difficult application, the inserts on this shop’s standard IC drill would sporadically fail, causing the entire tool to break down. This required the shop to stock a large inventory of costly replacements in various sizes to fit different-sized holes. Allied Machine and Engineering’s Revolution drill allows the shop to adjust tool diameter and cut holes of different sizes with a single tool, while replaceable insert cartridges on the front end keep insert failure from wrecking the tool itself.
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Video: Helical Interpolation Vs. Drilling
A machining center able to maintain precise control at high feed rates makes it practical to machine holes through helical milling as an alternative to drilling.
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Hole Making: Combination Tools
This video demonstrates hole making. Hole making often involves sequential operations such as drill-then-tap. Combination tools that perform these operations simultaneously can eliminate tool changes, saving cycle time. Many combination tools call for helical interpolation. The video shows the same series of hole
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How To Machine Composites, Part 4 -- Drilling Composites
Achieving acceptable tool life and hole quality in a material such as CFRP demands a drill designed with composites in mind.
Read MoreHigh Pressure Coolant Reduces Friction
High Pressure Coolant from CoolJet Systems increases throughput, reduces process cycle times, improves surface finishes, improves chip control, reduces the number of processes and increases tool life. Suited for applications such as drilling, grooving and boring, the cutting fluid can also be used for cutting exoti
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