Tooling
End Mills Designed For High Feed Rates
Imco Carbide Tool offers the Pow-R-Feed M90 end mill for roughing, slotting and finishing difficult-to-machine materials. To increase the number of parts per tool that users can machine, the tools are designed to push metal-removal and feed rates above standard rates of production. They are useful for a variety of m
Read More
Expanding The Expanding Mandrel's Usefulness
This expanding mandrel is designed to locate and hold thin-walled parts on the ID to avoid distortion during precision machining. It can also be used to hold heavy parts with large bores for heavy machining operations.
Read More
Vacuum Workholding Method Fits New Machining Strategy
Increased demand for armor plating components led this shop to completely revamp its machining technique. Rather than machining individual workpieces, the shop produces multiple components nested in an aluminum plate. A custom vacuum workholding system plays a significant role in this new strategy.
Read More
Applying Creative Workholding Techniques
Not all parts can be fixtured by conventional workholding methods. Here are a few examples of ways that shops secure feisty workpieces for milling and turning operations.
Read More
Dealing With A Spot Drill’s True Point Position
A spot drill has a 90-degree point angle, which makes it easy to calculate the depth of a hole to be spot-drilled. You simply divide the diameter of the spot-drilled hole.
Read More
Boosting Machine Spindle Speed For Micromachining Applications
Small-diameter micromachining tools require very high rpm for sufficient cutting speed and material removal rates. This air spindle provides 80,000 rpm and an untethered compressed air interface to allow automatic changeovers using the machine's ATC.
Read More
Cutting With A 0.001-Inch End Mill
JPL’s Space Instrument Shop does this routinely, but it takes some special equipment and some unusual procedures. Above all, it takes patience.
Read More
