Tooling
Inserts Accelerate Turning Productivity
Kennametal’s Beyond inserts for its FixPerfect system are designed to improve toughness, wear-resistance and increase turning productivity.
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90-Degree Pocketing Aluminum - 0.250” DOC with Square Shoulder End Mill and XPET-ALU Inserts from Dapra
(sponsored content) This video demonstrates Dapra's 1" Square Shoulder End Mill executing a pocketing routine in aluminum.
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Micromachining Powder Metal on a VMC
By refining its micromachining process for powder metal tool steels, this shop has reduced production costs, lead times and secondary bench work for complex tooling components.
Read MoreBand File Deburrs Hard-to-Reach Places
The BFE 9-90 electronic band file is designed for metal removal and deburring in hard-to-reach places.
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Automatic, Low-Cost Deburring of Small Parts
Almco’s Model VM-1 VibeMaster is a portable, round-bowl machine with a ½-cubic-foot capacity for deburring and finishing small metal parts in job shops and metalworking departments.
Read MoreRadial Drilling Machines for Large Workpieces
Designed for large workpieces, Weiler’s VOM 50 radial drill machine can perform drilling, reboring, countersinking, thread cutting and other operations.
Read MoreTwo-Jaw Version of Quick-Setup Chuck
Designed to increase productivity and reduce costs, the BBT200 series chuck from Kitagawa-NorthTech is a two-jaw version of the BB200.
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Video: Maximizing Cutter Life
A shop owner describes his simple approach to evaluating cutting tool performance and finding the best parameters.
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Acme Solid Carbide Thread Mills
Scientific Cutting Tools offers a complete line of full Acme and stub Acme single-profile thread mills with thread sizes ranging to 1 ¼" – 5".
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Expanded Holding System Enables High Precision Coolant
Sandvik Coromant offers a version of its QS holding system for sliding-headstock machines that can be combined with high-precision coolant.
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