Cutting Tools
Selecting the Right Milling Tool for Any Machining Task
High-performance milling cutters combine high cutting data with long tool life and efficiency, but certain factors must be considered when selecting tools for different machining tasks.
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T-Turn FM Chipbreaker Designed for Steel and Stainless Steel
Ingersoll Cutting Tool Co.’s T-Turn FM chipbreaker series is designed especially for steel and stainless steel applications where semi-finish to medium machining is required.
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Series 300 Electronic Weld Head Provides Precise Weld Force
Amada Miyachi America’s Series 300 electronic weld head offers the weld force profile ideal for miniature parts welding and enables up to three welds per second, with programmable force and weld positions, force and position repeatability, and displacement monitoring.
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MT Drill Multitasks in a Single Operation
Carmex’s MT Drill is designed to drill, chamfer, and thread mill a hole in a single operation, reducing cycle times by combining operations and eliminating tool changes.
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Expanded TFE Face Mill Series Eliminates Axial Runout
Tungaloy has expanded its TFE series face milling cutters for finishing applications to incorporate bodies with insert adjustable pockets that eliminate axial runout of the inserts.
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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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