Zone: Cutting and Forming Tools

Challenges In Cutting CGI

Compacted graphite iron is increasingly used for diesel and racing engine components. The choice of cutting tool can dictate how effective shops are able to machine this challenging material.

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The New Rules of Cutting Tools -- Introduction

hard turning image (Advertorial) Cutting tool technology is evolving rapidly to respond to changing demands and more challenging workpiece materials. Shops today need to look at cutting tools differently. They need to look at cutting tool suppliers differently as well.

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Hole Making: Combination Tools
1/1/0001 Modern Machine Shop: This video demonstrates hole making. Hole making often involves sequential operations such as drill-then-tap. Combination tools that perform these operations simultaneously can eliminate tool changes, saving cycle time. Many combination tools call for helical interpolation. The video shows the same series of hole
Turning The Tough Stuff
8/11/2008 Modern Machine Shop: One of this aerospace shop’s many specialties is producing ring-shaped parts that are thin-walled, complex, tightly toleranced and made of difficult-to-machine materials such as Inconel, titanium or high-temperature alloys. Turning jet engine parts doesn’t get much tougher than this.
Medical Edge: Thread Whirling
1/1/0001 Production Machining: When my father slipped and fell on an icy parking lot 5 years ago and broke his hip, I would have never thought that someday I would be writing about how the screws surgically implanted in his hip bone were created on a metalworking machine. During the healing process, Dad had some irritation problems with the scre
Drilling Tool Enables Waterjet Cutting Of Laminated Materials
8/12/2008 Modern Machine Shop: This drill addresses delamination problems when cutting composites with waterjet.
Unsupported Drilling Of Composites
8/5/2008 Modern Machine Shop: This paper presents a solution to the problem of drilling composite structures where backside support is not available.

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Cutting Tools

The broad category of “cutting tools” includes all of the consumable tooling involved in milling, drilling, turning and other lathe and machining center operations. Drills, end mills, taps, reamers and inserts are all included here. Consumable tooling used on certain other types of machine tools is included here as well. Also found here are toolholders and closely related accessories such as angle heads.