Tooling

Milling Tools

Color-Coded Taps for Different Materials

Dormer Pramet’s Shark line of material-specific taps are said to offer high performance and process security.

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Toolholders

Toolholding Collet Accommodates Long Tool Overhangs

Rego-Fix’s PowrGrip toolholding collet system can generate clamping forces higher than those of shrink-fit holders.

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Aerospace

New Aerospace End Mill Design Results from Tool Standardization Contest

The latest version of Kennametal’s Harvi tool was developed through efforts aimed at a competition for reducing an aircraft manufacturer’s tooling choices.

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Cutting Tools

Insert Geometry Designed for Targeted Cooling

Walter's FM5 finishing and RM5 roughing indexable insert geometries are designed to deliver optimal cooling, longer tool life, and increased productivity in high-temperature alloy and stainless-steel machining.

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Workholding

Small, Screw-Down Clamp for Various Tables, Fixtures

The Kurt MiniLock is a small, low-profile screw-down clamp designed as a cost-effective, easy-to-use option for rigidly clamping components on machine tables, fixture plates, tombstones and trunnion fixtures.

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Milling Tools

Face Milling Cutters Use Eight-Edged Inserts

The R220.88 face milling cutter family from Seco features eight-edged cutting inserts and optimized geometries for extended tool life and reduced cutting forces.

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Cutting Tools

Metal Cutting Tools Designed to Increase Efficiency, Health, Safety

Fabtech 2017: Pferd Inc. will highlight its precision products and power tools from its comprehensive line of metal cutting and finishing products, including files, burs, brushes, grinding and cutting wheels and power tools.

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Cutting Tools

What If You Don’t Have a Torque Wrench?

This device ensures that ER collets are torqued to the proper value using any type of wrench.

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Workholding

Jaw-Forming Ring Provides Uniform Grip on Workpieces

The Dillon jaw-forming ring is designed to be an easy-to-use tool providing a more uniform grip on the workpiece, maximizing jaw life for cutting and forming operations.

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Buying an HMC: Tooling and Workholding Considerations

Is it time to move up to an HMC? Let’s look at tooling- and workholding-related concerns that those interested in acquiring an HMC will want to keep in mind.

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