Tooling

Automotive Supplier Speeds Metal Removal With Boring Mill

In an industry where one in three shops has closed during the past 10 years, Fischer Tool and Die's business is thriving. According to the Temperance, Michigan shop, this is because its growth stems from die cast work for the automotive 'new domestics,' a term for transplants.

Engineering The Toolholder Assembly Process

This assembly and mounting device for V-flange toolholders is designed to make it easier and safer to put toolholders, collets and cutting tools together. The device allows the toolholder to be clamped securely and rotated so that both ends of the assembly are accessible to the user in a comfortable position.

Single System Offers Multiple Finishing Processes For Small Parts

An electrochemical finishing technology geared toward small workpieces cleans, deburrs, passivates, polishes and stress relieves workpieces all at once.

Round Inserts Designed For Stability

Reduce Vibration When Milling With Long Overhangs

Complete Finishing Without Changing Tools

Steady-Rest Fixture Fixes Runout At The Ends

A shop developed this simple solution for turning long shafts that have straightness error. A fixture holds the bowed shaft out-of-round in the steady rest so that the two ends can still turn concentrically.

Low-Speed Machines Benefit From Tool Balancing

In addition to improved cutting tool life and surface finish, there are other reasons why shops should consider an in-house balancing system for toolholder assemblies used on low-rpm machine tools.

Vises Facilitate Swift Change-Overs, Reduce Errors

Syron Engineering & Manufacturing is a 28-year-old company specializing in the design and manufacture of tooling and sensors for industrial automation. One of the company's main fields of activity is the development of equipment to transfer sheet metal from one press operation to the next, primarily for automotive stamping.

Face Drivers Cut Change-Over Time

In various applications, mechanical face drivers provide the flexibility to lower cycle times. Capable of being used to turn both small and large parts, they permit heavy and interrupted cuts.