Tooling
Video of Interesting Turbine Blade Workholding System
This clamping system is an automated steady rest with measuring capability that stabilizes the five-axis machining process of very long turbine blades.
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Threading Tools for Nickel-Based Alloys
Emuge offers a comprehensive line of high-performance tools for threading nickel and super-alloy materials ranging to 46 HRc.
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Cutting Tool Edge Prep: The Invisible Advantage
Edge preparation involves removing material from a cutting tool in order to extend its life. That may sound counterintuitive, but a maker of glass molds says edge prep has dramatically reduced the amount it spends on tools.
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Second Chances for Surplus Tools
A new website aims to give shops with excess tooling a way to sell that tooling to other shops. Cutting tool suppliers are using the site for their own excess tools.
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Three-Jaw Pneumatic Chuck Holds Round Workpieces
Samchully Workholding’s MCA pneumatic chuck is a three-jaw stationary chuck designed to hold round workpieces in a machining center or mounted on a tombstone.
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Presettable Toolholders Enable Quick Tool Changes
Available from Schwanog, Göltenbodt’s next-generation line of toolholders is designed for Tornos MultiSwiss 6X4 and Star Swiss-type automatic lathes.
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Collet Chuck Features Removable Part Stop
Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. offers an internal-grip collet chuck originally designed to help a customer clamp the internal diameter of valve balls.
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Collets and Guide Bushings for Swiss Workholding
Hardinge Workholding has expanded its range of products for workholding in Swiss-type machining with additional collets and guide bushings.
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Cutters and Inserts Enable Continuous Heavy-Duty Cutting
Lovejoy Tool Co.’s MaxCut 651 cutters feature a new chip gullet design and 0.250"-thick inserts for continuous heavy-duty work.
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Chipformers Improve Surface Finish in Turning Applications
Iscar introduces three new chipformers for finishing medium and rough turning of steel: the F3P, M3P and R3P.
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