Milling Tools
Fine Pitch Cutter Increases Milling Productivity
This 120 year-old manufacturer to update its manufacturing processes and expand its product offering so it could become a sole-source supplier for its customers in the steam industry.
Read MoreTool And Die Shop Doubles Throughput On Steel Tubing Grooving
With their conventional high-speed steel milling cutters, this shop experienced a series of problems producing critical axial grooves in steel tubings.
Read MoreNew Cutter Gives Better Mold And Die Finishes
New Cutter Gives Better Mold And Die Finishes.
Read MoreShould You Balance Your Tools?
Should you balance your tools? The answer varies from process to process. Experience is the best guide.
Read MoreImproving Milling Throughput By 50 Percent With 'Wrong' Insert
This company will save at least $87,500 per year by changing over to positive rake cutter and inserts for milling a family of ductile iron couplings. Cycle time per part has dropped one third, elevating production from four to six parts per hour.
Read MoreDrill And Bore With A Face Mill
Cutting holes by interpolating a face milling cutter may be a better process choice for many rough and even finish boring operations. Software improvements and better cutter designs allow expanding use of the versatile face mill for hole making.
Read MoreInserts Improve Milling Of Tough Steel Castings For Missouri Manufacturer
When a Laurel, Missouri manufacturer of industrial equipment identified problems in their two machining operations on high alloy steel casting, they solved them with an insert and a cutter switch.
Read MoreStart With The Right Speeds And Feeds
Running rotary milling cutters at the proper speeds and feeds is critical to obtaining long tool life and superior results, and a good place to start is with the manufacturer's recommendations. These formulas and tips provide useful guidelines.
Read MoreShop Standardizes On Cutter For All Of Its Face Milling In Steel
This 20-year-old contract shop is focused on short-run machining of large structural cast iron and hotrolled steel components for special machine tools.
Read MoreThe "All Round" Milling Insert
Carbide milling inserts today are available in a staggering number of geometric shapes. No longer are the choices for the end user as simple as square, diamond or triangle. Now, insert manufacturers are using such terms as elliptical, frustum and helical to describe their various insert shapes.
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