Tooling
A Really, Really Big Boring Bar
The developers are calling it the world’s largest anti-vibration boring bar—one that is capable of machining a bore 12 inches in diameter and as long as 165 inches. Sandvik Coromant designed and manufactured this boring bar in cooperation with lathe builder Gurutzpe Turning Solutions.
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The Parakeep. An Adjustable Parallel Keeper
According to its manufacturer, it’s a device that effectively keeps workholding parallels in place while a vise is opened and closed.
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Compact Vise Suits Smaller Four-, Five-Axis Mills
Designed to be the smallest self-centering vise in its line, the 5th Axis V75100 five-axis vise offers maximum rigidity and clamping force.
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Top Jaws Evenly Distribute Force across Thin-Walled Workpieces
Dillon Manufacturing’s aluminum full-grip jaws, available in sizes ranging from 5" to 24" in diameter, are ideal for machining thin-walled parts.
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Sealing System Protects Chucks from Debris
Erowa’s ITS 50 Holder C protects chucks against copper chips, graphite dust or fine chips from high-speed cutting during manufacturing processes.
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Clamping System’s Hydraulic Components Promote Accuracy
Euro-Tech’s MyTec Hydraclamp expansion tools include a line of mechanical arbors and chucks with clamping accuracies ranging to 0.0004" and expansion rates to 0.010" or higher.
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Straight, Angle Heads Offered with Through-Coolant Features
Heimatec now offers through-coolant features on all of its line items including live tools, angle heads and multi-spindle drill heads.
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System Enables Through-Coolant on Swiss-Type Machines
After retrofitting its ReCool through-coolant system for live tooling on CNC lathes, Rego-Fix has expanded the coolant system to provide internal cooling capabilities to static toolholders on Swiss-type automatic machines.
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Groove Milling Cutters Suit Narrow, Deep Cutting
Sandvik Coromant’s CoroMill QD cutters are designed to ease chip evacuation during groove milling and part-off operations.
Read MoreNew Cutters Enable Old Mill to Handle “Crusty” Forgings
Cyber Manufacturing receives forgings with thick and abrasive oxide "crusts" that used to slash cutter insert life on its older machine. With the Ingersoll Hi-QuadXXX indexable insert face mill, the shop gets longer tool life and improved material removal rates.
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