Tooling
Collet Chuck Balances Drive Shafts
Northfield Precision Instrument offers a special internal-grip collet chuck for balancing drive shafts.
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Three-Flute Drill Extends Tool Life at Higher Feed Rates
Mapal’s three-flute Tritan-Drill is said to achieve more bores, a longer tool life and lower machining costs compared with two-flute drills.
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Multitasking Gantry Center Performs Five-Sided Milling, Turning, Laser Hardening
Fermat introduces a five-axis, multitasking gantry center with a fixed table and a movable column combining drilling, milling, turning, grinding and laser hardening operations.
Read MoreEnd Mill Series Extends Lengths of Cut, Corner Radius Options
M.A. Ford has expanded its TuffCut XT Series 278 range of end mills with more than 400 new product variants.
Read MoreExsys Tool Opens New Mexico Sales and Repair Facility
The facility will provide repair services that previously had to be shipped to the United States or Europe.
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Vise Reduces Setup Time for Secondary Operations
The Kurt SideWinder vise provides vertical workholding without interfering with an existing host vise or the spindle.
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Effective Plastic Machining Requires Effective Chip Control
Clean, burr-free cutting is fundamental to competitiveness for a shop that specializes in micro-machining complex geometry from some of the softest materials in the industry.
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Modular Clamping System Enables Mounting of Multiple Workpieces
Exsys Tool offers the pL Lehmann SwissClamp modular clamping system, enabling operators to mount multiple workpieces on machine tool tables for uninterrupted production and unattended operations.
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Ballnose Alternative Shines in Five-Axis Finishing
Large cutting edge radii facilitate higher-stepover passes that improve surface finish and reduce cycle time.
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Sizing Up Rotary Table Advantages
Smaller may be better when it comes to rotary tables that enable a three-axis VMC to do five-axis machining.
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