Tooling
Laser Calibration System for PCB Drilling Machine Positioning
Optodyne’s single-aperture MCV-500 laser system is a complete laser calibration package for static calibration, compensation and dynamic measurement of CNC machine tools, CMMs, and large, five-axis machines.
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An Innovative Way to Use a Steady Rest
This shop found a way to modify one of its two-turret CNC lathes so that a tricky aerospace component could be properly supported for critical operations.
Read MoreSealed ER Collets
Royal’s Ultra-Precision ER collets are available in 31 inch sizes ranging from 1/16" to 1" in diameter and 16 metric sizes ranging from 1 to 26 mm in diameter.
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Performance Turning with Twice the Edges
Ingersoll’s Gold-Duty family of CNMX and SNMX turning inserts with HB chipbreakers are designed to deliver low cutting forces and quality surface finishes in medium to rough machining applications.
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Tight-Tolerance Hole Making in Composites
Sandvik offers a range of drills designed for rivet and bolt holes in carbon reinforced plastics and metallic stack materials.
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Solid Carbide Deep-Hole Drill
Seco Tools’ Feedmax SD230A solid carbide, 30×D drill is designed for applications in the automotive, oil and gas, mold and die, medical and general engineering industries.
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European Live Tools Designed for CNC Lathes
Lyndex-Nikken offers Mimatic Tool Systems’ live tools, which are manufactured to Mazak specifications and designed to enhance CNC lathe performance.
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Deep-Hole Drills Increase Throughput
In applications ranging to 30×D, solid-carbide Widia-Rubig deep-hole drills are said to remove between three and four times more metal than gun drills.
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Where More Flutes Make Sense
A tool with many flutes can be effective for achieving a productive metal removal rate in titanium, where speed and chip load are constrained.
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Low Cutting Force Inserts and ToolHolders
For parts that measure less than 0.125" (3.18 mm) in diameter, Tungaloy America offers a series of high-positive, low-cutting-force, screw-down inserts and toolholders.
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