Toolholders
What To Consider When Adding Angle Heads
Angle heads can enable a three-axis machine tool to be more versatile. That said, this shop explains that there’s more to getting started using them than simply loading them into a machine’s spindle.
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Toolholder Incorporates Runout Adjustment System
NT Tool now offers the R-Zero runout adjustment system in its CTZ toolholders for large cutting-tool diameters.
Read MoreLive-Tool Spindles Designed for High-Torque Turrets
ITI Tooling Co. offers a line of live-tool spindles to complement the high-speed, high-torque tool turrets on DMG MORI’s NL, NT, NZ and DuraTurn machines.
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Testing Measures Impact of Toolholder Interface Rigidity
Though Big-Plus and HSK share superficial similarities, they differ fundamentally in how they clamp the holder--a difference with important implications.
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Holders Reduce Required Tool Passes for Slot Milling
Briney Tooling Systems offers its Tru Position line of end mill holders with a reduced total indicator reading (TIR) of 0.0002", achieved via internal eccentric grinding.
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Toolholder Plus Insert Series for Structural Steel
Allied Machine & Engineering (AME) offers its GEN3SYS XT toolholder and insert combination for structural steel applications.
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ER Tool Adapter Available on Right-Angle Heads
Heimatec’s U-tec flexible tool adapter, which enables a standard ER-output live tool to accept various adapters for different applications, is now available on all Heimatec right-angle heads.
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Tool Chuck’s Optimal Runout Achieved with Additive Manufacturing
Mapal’s HighTorque Chuck (HTC) with narrow contour combines the benefits of hydraulic expansion with 3-degree back taper.
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Toolholder Reduces Spindle, Tool Wear
Schunk’s Tendo Platinum toolholder for milling, drilling and reaming is made using a single-cycle brazing and hardening process, enabling rigid and durable tool clamping.
Read More“Spirograph” Generates Face Grooves on a Machining Center
Sandvik Coromant's unusual "SpiroGrooving" system uses an adjustable toolholder to machine API grooves on a machining center.
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