Cutting Tools
Perform Line Insert Grades Boost Performance and Reliability
The Walter Perform Line of turning tools’s two insert grades, the WPV10 and WPV20, are beneficial to users who have difficulties measuring the tool life of an insert and who change inserts at set intervals.
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PCBN Insert Grades Cover a Spectrum of Hard Part Turning
Seco Tools’ PCBN insert grades cover a spectrum of hard part turning applications and extend tool life and increase productivity in a broader range of applications by using a bimodal substrate and nanolaminate coating process.
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Garant MasterTap Achieves Process Reliability
The Hoffmann Group’s Garant MasterTap is a universal high-performance tap that achieves process reliability with high efficiency in a range of materials, including steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass and cast iron.
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Consider the Software Side of Cutting Tools
The intersection of the cutting tool and the workpiece it is applied to represents the very heart of subtractive metalworking. There is a significant amount of technology behind getting the cutting tool into the right place, at the right speed and the correct depth of cut. This article looks at some of the software technology that can optimize the performance of the cutting tool.
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GH-18-1 Tapping Arm Efficiently Taps Holes
FlexArm Inc’s FlexArm GH-18-1 tapping arm allows machining centers to do milling, drilling and boring, as when operators load a machining center and start its cycle, they can use that cycle time to tap previously machined parts with the GH-18-1.
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13” EVS Bandsaw Has Swiveling Head for Quick Cuts
Jet’s 13” EVS semi-automatic dual-mitering bandsaw has a swiveling head that miters 45 degrees right and 60 degrees left for quick angle cuts without repositioning the workpiece while a frequency inverter provides a range of blade speeds from 50 to 297 rpm.
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Modular Round Chamfering Tool Cuts in Tight Spaces
Big Kaiser’s R-Cutter CKB type is a modular round chamfering tool that offers an insert geometry that is said to provide extreme sharpness.
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AccuThread T3 Thread Miller Machines Three Threads at a Time
Allied Machine & Engineering’s AccuThread T3 is built for machining hardened or hard-to-machine materials such as stainless steel, tool steel, and high-temp alloys and is designed to machine only three threads at a time.
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Grade AH8015 Inserts are Intended for Large Stock Removal
Tungaloy Corp.’s grade AH8015 inserts have a double-sided insert geometry that is said to bring benefits in tool economy and productivity.
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T2711/T2712 Thread Milling System Machines Large Threads
Walter’s T2711/T2712 thread milling system’s multiple thread sections can be machined simultaneously with high cutting parameters, enabling machining times comparable to those of thread tapping and forming.
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