Tooling
Tool Setting Fixture Boosts Process Security for High-Volume Shop
Along with switching to a different milling tool to improve surface finishes on aluminum parts, Alupress also employed Mapal's Uniset-P setting fixture to make the process reliable and efficient.
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Drilling and Chamfering Tool Solves Machine Shop's Vexing Problem
An oil & gas part with a lot of holes required that Utex use two different tools to ensure burr-free inner and outer diameters. With Heule’s Vex-S tool, the shop realized time savings per cycle of an entire minute by performing drilling and chamfering in a single step.
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Temperature-Activated Adhesive Overcomes Limits of Magnetic and Vacuum Workholding
This new chemistry-based solution for five-sided machining allows for a diversity of metals and other workpiece materials to be used along with aggressive cutting forces.
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Horn's Supermini Gets an Insert Geometry for Drilling, Boring, Face Turning and Skimming
Designed for the Supermini tool system, Horn’s HP geometry is suitable for drilling, boring, face turning and skimming.
Read MoreSpeedgrip Chuck Co. Appoints New Sales Representatives
In the face of retiring sales reps, the company has announced two new representatives covering the territories of Indiana, Michigan and Ontario.
Read MoreForkardt Acquires Soft-Touch Workholding IP for Thin-Walled Parts
Designed by General Manufacturing Systems, the technology is said to accommodate machining of aluminum die-cast materials and thin-walled components where part deformation is a concern.
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Walter's M4791 Routing Cutter Can Be Used on Lathes and Machining Centers
Walter USA has expanded its M4000 milling cutter line with the M4791, a routing cutter capable of plunging in solid material and producing a true flat bottom.
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Schunk's Rota NCR-A Maintains Grip by Preventing Grease Contamination
The Rota NCR-A, a sealed six-jaw pendulum compensation chuck from Schunk, is designed with seals at the jaw interface and the piston to keep the grease from being washed out.
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How to Improve Peck Drilling Canned Cycles
Most CNCs don’t have a canned cycle for machining deep holes into malleable materials. Here’s what you do.
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Sunnen's DirectDex Deep-Hole Drilling System for Heat-Resistant Superalloys
Sunnen Products Co.’s DirectDex series of drill heads, inserts and pads are said to be directly interchangeable with Sandvik deep-hole drilling tools.
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