Toolholders

Toolholders

Get A (Tight) Grip

High toolholder gripping torque reduces the likelihood that a tool will slip within a toolholder during a cutting operation. A mechanical toolholder design provides a very high gripping torque via a worm gear that compresses a shallow-taper collet tightly around a tool shank.

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Micromachining

Boosting Machine Spindle Speed For Micromachining Applications

Small-diameter micromachining tools require very high rpm for sufficient cutting speed and material removal rates. This air spindle provides 80,000 rpm and an untethered compressed air interface to allow automatic changeovers using the machine's ATC.

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Toolholders

Engineering The Toolholder Assembly Process

This assembly and mounting device for V-flange toolholders is designed to make it easier and safer to put toolholders, collets and cutting tools together. The device allows the toolholder to be clamped securely and rotated so that both ends of the assembly are accessible to the user in a comfortable position.

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Toolholders

Milling Adaptor: Reach Without Reluctance

An alternative to conventional extended-reach toolholders, milling adaptors contain a custom damping mechanism to minimize vibration when milling long overhangs.

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Toolholders

Hard Milling With Tandem Toolholding

A combination of toolholding choices lets this die shop get the most performance from its small-diameter tools.

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Sumitomo
Iscar
Ingersoll Cutting Tools
Specialized Plastic Packaging for Cutting Tools
IMCO
Kyocera SGS
Horn USA
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