Turning Tools
Ceratizit Offers Inserts Optimized for Steel Turning
Three new, standard, coated-carbide, ISO-P steel inserts from Ceratizit are each optimized for specific production conditions.
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Multi-Directional Turning With New Turning Concept
Tungaloy’s AddMultiTurn provides the flexibility for outer diameter, face and profile turning operations in multi directions, which include high-feed back (pull) turning method, enabling toolpaths that turn in the opposite direction of conventional turning process at higher feeds.
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New Kennametal Turning System Has Eight Cutting Edges Per Insert
Kennametal’s Fix8 turning system is said to increase productivity of heavy-duty turning operations while providing the lowest cost per edge and reducing cutting forces up to 15%.
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Palmgren's Bench Lathe Handles a Variety Operations
Palmgren’s new 9" × 20" bench lathe is constructed from heavy cast iron and reportedly features a smooth power transmission, precision thrust and ball bearings in the head stock and spindle as well as hardened and ground ways.
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Live Tool Speed Increaser Spurs Engraving Cost Savings
By using a Heimatec speed increaser provided by Platinum Tooling, Kurt Machining was able to achieve ninefold cost savings for a project engraving 6060 aluminum.
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New Coated Turning Grades From Sumitomo
Eastec 2021: The new grades feature heat-resistant, cemented carbide base material, which Sumitomo claims has excellent high-temperature hardness and strength.
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Machining 101: What is Turning?
Turning uses a lathe to remove material from the outside of a rotating workpiece, while boring does the same from the inside of a rotating workpiece.
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Hexagon Edgecam Now Supports Six-Axis Machining
Hexagon’s Edgecam offers dedicated six-axis tools that provide greater toolpath control and more accurate simulation of processes, reducing the need for intervention on the shop floor, improving the utilization of advanced machinery and avoiding the risk of costly damage.
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Tungaloy Iso-EcoTurn Inserts Optimize Chip Control
Tungaloy’s Iso-EcoTurn GNMG and FNMG inserts feature reduced nose angles compared to its CNMG and DNMG inserts, improving chip control during certain profile and face turning operations.
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Ingersoll Introduces Superturnz Inserts
Superturnz, a multi-directional turning system that uses the front and back cutting edge of a four-corner insert, is now available from Ingersoll.
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