Tooling
Boring Tool Kits Accommodate Various Spindle Tapers
Allied Machine & Engineering has added three Criterion boring kits to its lineup: a kit for 1.00" cylindrical shanks, another for R8 shanks and a third kit for #4 Morse taper shanks.
Read MoreEDM Drill's Revised Design Increases Machining Speed
Makino’s EDBV3 is an EDM drilling machine designed to produce cooling film holes in blade and vane turbine engine component details.
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Helical Cutter Delivers High Metal Removal Rates, Low Cutting Forces
Kennametal’s Harvi Ultra 8X helical milling cutter was designed to meet high metal removal needs in aerospace machining as well as to provide machinists with a tool that can withstand higher cutting speeds but generate lower machining forces.
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Welding, Assembly Clamps Useful in Automotive, Aircraft Industries
Destaco has launched its TCC-2E series of tolerance compensation clamps (TCCs) designed to provide greater flexibility in welding and assembly applications that require the clamping of components of differing thicknesses or tighter tolerances.
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Video: What Can Force Analysis Tell You About Your Machining Process?
See cuts and force profiles corresponding to tool failure, built-up edge and a tool that is too positive for the setup.
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Modular Helical Cutter Promotes Process Reliability in Unstable Conditions
The M4258 modular helical milling cutter from Walter USA promotes cost efficiency and process reliability in slot milling and can be used for ramping, pocket milling, shoulder milling and circular interpolation.
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Hard-Turning Grades Excel in Automotive Transmission Applications
Sandvik Coromant’s CB7125 and CB7135 grades are said to enable the performance of medium-to-heavy interrupted cuts and removal of the hardened layer (depth of cut up to 2 mm) in case- and induction-hardened steel components.
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Air Rest Buttons Detect Proper Workpiece Loading
Carr Lane’s air rest buttons enable the use of pneumatic position control to detect proper workpiece loading in a machining fixture.
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Walter USA Tool Catalog Now in MachiningCloud
Walter USA customers are expected to be able to increase productivity and achieve greater accuracy by more easily downloading tool information directly into their CAM, simulation and tool management systems.
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Five Live Centers for Five Applications
It is vital for a shop to select the right machine tool components for the right job, and live centers for lathes are no exception.
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