Tooling
Trunnions Turn the Tables on Wasteful Setups
Bolt-on trunnion tables from Trunniontables.com help Indelac Controls reduce setups from six to two and cut cycle time by 40 percent.
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Internal Threading Tool for Small Acme Threads
A new line of Acme internal threading tools from Carmex features the company’s BLU sub-micron grade carbide with PVD triple coating.
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Five-Axis Workholding Options Accommodate Range of Workpieces
Kurt offers a selection of vise configurations and options designed for five-axis machining in industries such as medical, oilfield, aerospace, and mold and die.
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CVD Diamond-Tipped Cutting Tools Offer Sharper Cutting Edges
Available through Tyson Tool, Becker Diamantwerkzeuge provides standard and special PCD-compound precision cutting tools tipped with CVD diamond material.
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Heavy-Duty Mill/Drill Features Power Feed
Grizzly’s G0755 heavy-duty gear-head mill/drill features a motorized headstock elevation travel on a dovetail-way column for improved movement accuracy and increased rigidity.
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Magnetite Black Finish Resists Abrasion
EPi offers Kool-Black, a mid-temperature blackening system designed to produce a durable, smut-free black finish with no boiling caustic fumes.
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Retrofit Cooling System for Driven Tools
Rego-Fix will showcase its reCool cooling system, a retrofit solution for driven tools.
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Grade Promotes Precision in Powdered Metal Machining
Sumitomo Electric Carbide’s uncoated BN7500 CBN grade is designed for high-precision, high-efficiency machining of powdered metal in industries such as automotive and agriculture.
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BTA Drilling Machine for Deep-Hole Applications
Available from Absolute Machine Tools, Zagar’s Precihole BTA deep-hole drilling machines are offered in four models with spindle powers of 22, 37, 71 or 115 kW.
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Average Chip Thickness: What It Is and Why You Should Care
During milling applications, chips that are too thin might indicate inadequate heat dissipation that can cause premature insert wear. Too thick, and cutting forces might be high enough to break inserts outright. Cutting parameters should be set to attain a middle ground.
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